Patent ID: 6853649

Claim:
A method for controlling packet-oriented data forwarding via a coupling field, which comprises: connecting each of a plurality of subscriber devices, via a respective logical point-to-point connection, to a common interface of a coupling field; setting an individual-connection total bandwidth and an individual-connection partial line bandwidth for real-time-oriented data forwarding to each of the respective logical point-to-point connections; ascertaining in a context of making a connection for the real-time-oriented data forwarding between an originating subscriber device and a destination subscriber device, a sum of connection bandwidths of connections currently executed and connections in a process of being made for the real-time-oriented data forwarding via the respective logical point-to-point connection of the destination subscriber device; and setting up the connection only if the sum of the connection bandwidths is less than or equal to a predeterminable limit value.