Patent ID: 8605757

Claim:
A network component comprising: a processor configured to: determine aperiodic transmission window to transmit data; partition the periodic transmission window into a plurality of low-priority time-bands and a plurality of high-priority time-bands; receive a plurality of high-priority packets and a plurality low-priority packets; truncate at least one of the high-priority packets and one of the low-priority packets; encapsulate the high-priority packets and the low-priority packets; and an output device coupled to the processor, wherein the output device is configured to: transmit a remainder of the truncated high-priority packet in a subsequent high-priority time-bands; transmit a remainder of the truncated low-priority packet in a subsequent low-priority time-bands; transmit the encapsulated high-priority packets during the high-priority time-bands; and transmit the encapsulated low-priority packets during the low-priority time-bands, wherein the high-priority time bands represent assigned time intervals within the periodic transmission window designated for the transmission of the encapsulated high-priority packets, wherein at least some of the low-priority packets and some of the high-priority packets are received simultaneously, and wherein the transmission for the encapsulated low-priority packets and the encapsulated high-priority packets do not overlap.