Patent ID: 8243751

Claim:
A method of transmitting at least one data content sent by a source node associated with a generator application to one or more destination nodes, each of the one or more destination nodes being associated with a consumer application, in a communications network including the source node and the one or more destination nodes, the network performing a first clocking that defines a plurality of network cycles for data transmission on the network, wherein the source node performs a second clocking that defines a plurality of local cycles for data transmission among the source node and each of the one or more destination nodes and the consumer application associated with each of the one or more destination nodes, each of the plurality of network cycles being equal to an integer multiple P, P≧1, of each of the plurality of local cycles, a start of each of the plurality of network cycles coinciding with a start of one of the plurality of local cycles, each of the plurality of local cycles including a plurality of virtual channels corresponding to a plurality of time slots, a set of the plurality of virtual channels being assigned to transmit the at least one data content, and wherein the method is performed by the source node and comprises: concatenating the at least one data content obtained from the generator application associated with the source node during a set of the plurality of time slots corresponding to the set of the plurality of virtual channels assigned to transmit the at least one data content during the integer multiple number P of consecutive local cycles of the plurality of local cycles, and forming at least one concatenated data block; and transmitting the at least one concatenated data block during a speech time assigned to the source node during a first predetermined subsequent network cycle of the plurality of network cycles, the at least one data content included in the at least one concatenated data block being associated with one of the plurality of virtual channels and being supplied during a second predetermined subsequent network cycle of the plurality of network cycles to the consumer application associated with at least one of the one or more destination nodes.