Patent ID: 9148377
Filing Date: 2015-09-29
Classification: H04L,H04Q

Abstract:
1. A method for transmitting one or more data packets from a first node to a selected second node of one or more second nodes connected by a switching network, the method comprising: transmitting a data packet of the one or more data packets from the first node to the selected second node, wherein each of the one or more data packets is determined to be sent according to a first or a second transmission mode depending on a network condition; wherein in the first transmission mode, the data packet is transmitted to the selected second node according to a prescheduled scheme, wherein the prescheduled scheme defines a cyclic one-to-one assignment between the first and the selected second node over a set of time slots so that the data packet is forwarded to the selected second node during a time slot for which the cyclic one-to-one assignment assigns the first node with the selected second node; and wherein in the second transmission mode, the data packet is transmitted during a current time slot from the first node to the selected second node, prior to the cyclic one-to-one-assignment assigning the first node with the second node, while overruling the prescheduled scheme.