Patent ID: 7092396

Claim:
An asynchronous transfer mode (ATM)-based delay adaptive scheduling apparatus adaptive according to a traffic type, comprising: a scheduling portion that categorizes at least one cell according to the traffic type and generates service information including the traffic type, a priority of service provision, and a service finish time; a storing portion that stores said at least one cell about which service information is generated; an outputting portion that reads said at least one cell, which is to be serviced, from the storing portion, and then outputs the read cell; an input/output managing portion that counts said at least one cell that is input to the scheduling portion and output from the outputting portion, and manages an input/output of said at least one cell; and a controlling portion that decides whether to service said at least one cell or not based on the service information, and outputs a control signal command to read said at least one cell stored in the storing portion and to output the read cell.