Patent ID: 6980519

Claim:
A grant generator apparatus for generating grants of available transmission channel bandwidth in a network, said apparatus comprising: a first grant table for storing therein grants corresponding to a first-size of said available transmission channel bandwidth, at least one other grant table for storing therein grants corresponding to a second-size of said available transmission channel bandwidth; and a grant distributor coupled to said first and said at least one other grant table for distributing a first number of grants from said first table and at least a second number of grants from said other grant table according to a predetermined pattern, wherein said grant distributor includes a clock divider coupled to said first and said at least one other grant table, said clock divider receiving a reference clock signal and outputting a first and at least a second clock frequency based on said reference clock signal, said clock divider providing a first number of grant selections to said first grant table and at least a second number of grant selections to said other grant table based on said first and second clock frequency, respectively, said first and second number of grant selections corresponding to said first and second number of grants.