Patent ID: 7415039

Claim:
Apparatus for transmitting data on a transmission medium comprising: bandwidth acquiring unit for determining overhead bandwidth including a size value of a time delay related to a topology in a transmission medium, said overhead bandwidth identified by using an overhead ID and determining the size value by referring to a table chart; propagation delay identifier storage unit operable to store a propagation delay identifier which is used for bandwidth allocation; maximum data size storage unit operable to store a maximum data size value which corresponds to maximum size of data included in a packet transmitted on said transmission medium; and a pathway coupled between a) a further apparatus and b) said propagation delay identifier storage unit and said maximum data size storage unit so that said propagation delay identifier and said maximum data size value are both readable by a further apparatus; wherein said propagation delay identifier storage unit and said maximum data size storage unit are in a register, and said propagation delay identifier storage unit is located contiguous to said maximum data size storage unit.