Patent ID: 7333435

Claim:
A method of transmitting at least two data flows over a telecommunications link, wherein each data flow can have a different set of quality of service attributes defined for it, comprising the steps of: (i) receiving a packet for transmission over said link; (ii) examining said packet to determine an appropriate set of quality of service attributes required for it; (iii) placing said examined packet into one of a plurality of logical channel queues, said one logical channel queue having defined therefor quality of service attributes corresponding to the determined quality of service attributes required for said packet; (iv) determining a data transmission capacity for said link and selecting one of said plurality of logical channel queues which holds data to be transmitted with the highest priority for transmission and packaging and transmitting as much data from said logical channel queue as can be packaged to fit within said determined transmission capacity of said channel; and (v) repeating steps (i) through (iii) and step (iv) as necessary.