Patent ID: 6477147
Filing Date: 2002-11-05
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A method of transmitting a data packet in the Ethernet from a first arrangement to at least a second arrangement, comprising the steps of:assigning a data packet, that is to be transmitted, is one of at least two priority classes; unambiguously marking the data packet according to the priority class, whereby for a respective data packet an access control is carried out taking into account the priority class assigned to the respective data packet, the respective data packet being transmitted to the second arrangement in accordance with a predefinable sequence which is specified by a predefinable scheduling method; and wherein, in the event that the buffer or at least part of the buffer is filled with stored data packets which have not yet been read out again, and a further data packet to be transmitted is to be stored in the buffer or at least in part of the buffer, an artificial collision is produced and communicated to the arrangement transmitting the data packet.