Patent ID: 6950423

Claim:
A packet transmission method for transmitting packets in a plurality of connections via a first and a second transmission link; wherein packets are transmitted at a plurality of first timings via said first transmission link, and one or more connections may be assigned to each of said plurality of first timings, said first timings are repeated with a first period; and wherein packets are transmitted in said second link by using a frame having a plurality of time slots, each of said first timings corresponds to one of said plurality of time slots, and a time length of said frame is equal to said first period; said packet transmission method comprising the steps of: a) assigning, to a new connection, one of the first timings to which a least number of connections are assigned, in the event of establishing said new connection via said first and said second transmission links; b) assigning, to said new connection, a time slot which corresponds to said one of the first timings assigned in step a), in the event of establishing said new connection; c) transmitting packets of said new connection at said one of the first timings assigned in step a) via said first transmission link; and d) transmitting packets of said new connection via said second transmission link in a way that a head position of each packet are acconunodated in the time slot assigned in step b).