Patent ID: 8270298

Claim:
A network including a first node and a second node, wherein data frames are transmitted from the first node to the second node, each data frame carrying information belonging to one of a plurality of data flows, said network comprising: a determining unit for determining at periodically repeated times, for each of the data flows, whether there are more data frames in the first node waiting to be transmitted; and, a capacity allocating unit for allocating: for each of those data flows for which no data frames have been waiting to be transmitted for a predetermined time period, a predetermined minimum amount of the totally available bitrate or bandwidth for transmission from the first node to the second node, said predetermined minimum amount greater than zero; and, for each of the remaining data flows, a share of the rest of the totally available bitrate or bandwidth, so that the sum of the shares of all said remaining data flows is equal to said rest, for transmission from the first node to the second node.