Method of and a System for Controlling Access to a Shared Resource
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Abstract
A method and a system of controlling access of data items to a shared resource, wherein the data items each is assigned to one of a plurality of priorities, and wherein, when a predetermined number of data items of a priority have been transmitted to the shared resource, that priority will be awaiting, i.e. no further data items are transmitted with that priority , until all lower, non-awaiting priorities have had one or more data items transmitted to the shared resource. In this manner, guarantees services may be obtained for all priorities.
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41 Claims
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20. A method of controlling access to a shared resource, the method comprising:
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receiving information relating one or more data items to be transmitted, each data item having assigned thereto one of three or more different, predetermined priorities, and repeatedly providing items to the resource by; transmitting, at a first point in time, a data item to be transmitted having a highest, non-awaiting priority to the resource, and that priority subsequently awaiting a transmission of a data item from each lower priority which was non-awaiting at the first point in time and for which information, relating to a data item to be transmitted, has been received. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29)
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28. A method of controlling access to a shared resource, the method comprising:
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receiving information relating one or more data items to be transmitted, each data item having assigned thereto one of three or more different, predetermined priorities, defining, for each priority, one or more transmission processes, each piece of information relating to a data item being assigned a transmission process of the pertaining priority, and repeatedly providing items to the resource by; transmitting, at a first point in time, to the resource, a data item, information relating to which has been assigned to a non-awaiting transmission process defined for a highest priority, and that transmission process subsequently awaiting a transmission of a data item from each lower priority to which information, relating to a data item to be transmitted, has been assigned, and of which at least one transmission process is non-awaiting at the first point in time. - View Dependent Claims (40)
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30. A system for controlling access to a shared resource, the system comprising:
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receiving means adapted to receive information relating one or more data items to be transmitted, each data item having assigned thereto one of three or more different, predetermined priorities, and transmitter means adapted to repeatedly have data items provided to the resource by; having a data item to be transmitted, and having a highest, non-awaiting priority, transmitted to the resource and subsequently having a transmission of a data item from that priority wait until a data item has been transmitted with each of the non-awaiting, lower priorities for which information, relating to a data item to be transmitted, has been received at a point of time of transmission of the data item. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 39)
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38. A system for controlling access to a shared resource, the system comprising:
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receiving means adapted to receive information relating one or more data items to be transmitted, each data item having assigned thereto one of three or more different, predetermined priorities, for each priority, one ore more transmission processes, each piece of information relating to a data item being assigned a transmission process of the pertaining priority, and transmitter means adapted to repeatedly have data items provided to the resource by; having a data item to be transmitted, information relating to which has been assigned to a non-awaiting transmission process of a highest priority, transmitted to the resource and subsequently having that transmission process subsequently await a transmission of a data item from each lower priority to which information, relating to a data item to be transmitted, has been assigned at a point in time of transmission of the data item and of which at least one transmission process is non-awaiting. - View Dependent Claims (41)
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