Patent ID: 7898946

Claim:
A communication system, comprising: a transmitter for transmitting one or more data packets; at least one receiver connected to the transmitter, for receiving the data packets and transmitting to the transmitter one or more response signals in response to the received data packets; and a multiplexer for multiplexing and transmitting to the transmitter the response signals transmitted from the receiver, and transmitting the transmitted data packets from the transmitter to a corresponding receiver, the multiplexer composed of: a queue status monitor; and a congestion control adjuster, wherein the queue status monitor monitors a queue status of at least one of the transmitted data packets and the response signals, and wherein the congestion control adjuster instructs the receiver to compress the response signals based on the monitored queue status, and wherein the receiver includes a response signal holding/compressing unit for, if the congestion control adjuster disposed between the transmitter and the at least one receiver predicts that congestion will occur with the response signals transmitted to the transmitter from the receiver, compressing the response signals for a predetermined period of time, as instructed by the congestion control adjuster, and wherein the queue status monitor is disposed inside the multiplexer.