Patent ID: 7411962

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving a traffic-type parameter and one or more predefined parameters for an ATM Adaptation Layer type 2 (AAL-2) connection; segmenting in run-time a frame of user information received over said AAL-2 connection into a Common Part Sublayer (CPS) service data unit whose length is determined according to said traffic-type parameter and according to one or more of said predefined parameters; and calculating an available bandwidth for a current CPS protocol data unit (CPS-PDU), wherein receiving said predefined parameters comprises receiving a minimum data size threshold parameter and a maximum data size threshold parameter, and wherein segmenting said frame comprises: comparing said available bandwidth to said minimum data size threshold parameter and said maximum data size threshold parameter; and extracting said CPS service data unit with a length equivalent to said available bandwidth if said available bandwidth has a value between or equal to said minimum data size threshold parameter and said maximum data size threshold parameter.