Patent ID: 7492776
Filing Date: 2009-02-17
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A network connection system for connecting a first communication network and a plurality of user terminals when a second communication network is interposed between said first communication network and said plurality of user terminals, said second communication network employing a second protocol different from a first protocol employed in said first communication network, said system comprising: a scheduling apparatus including: a protocol converter for converting the data conforming to said first protocol after said scheduling apparatus has shaped the transmission rate therefor to data conforming to said second protocol; and a multiplexer including a current data detector for supplying said scheduling apparatus with said rate information as indicative of a currently set reception rate for said user terminals, said multiplexer being configured to transmit to each of said user terminals the data conforming to said second protocol from said protocol converter or the data conforming to said first protocol after said scheduling apparatus has shaped the transmission rate therefor.