Configurable composite data frame
First Claim
1. A method of transmitting information between a multiplicity of subscribers as components of traffic in an integrated services network (ISN), in which the information traffic consists of a multiplicity of media types according to the communications services required by the different subscribers including voice, video and data traffic component types, said method comprising the steps of:
- assembling a plurality of said traffic component types to be transmitted from subscribers at an entry point of said ISN into a single composite frame of variable size for transmission through the ISN,limiting the traffic component types assembled into said single composite frame to those destined for subscribers at the same exit point of the ISN, andgrouping the traffic component types within said single composite frame into separate groups of adjacent channels for each traffic component type, so that each group is limited to channels containing traffic components of the same type, with each channel assigned in its entirety to a selected subscriber.
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Abstract
A method and system of transmitting information between a multiplicity of subscribers as components of traffic in an integrated services network (ISN). The information traffic consists of a multiplicity of media types according to the different subscribers including voice, video and data traffic component types. Each traffic component type has attributes of transmission through the ISN which may differ from transmission attributes of the other traffic component types, and the ISN also has attributes of transmission which may differ for transmission of the various traffic component types therethrough. A plurality of the traffic component types to be transmitted, limited to those destined for subscribers at the same exit point of the ISN, is assembled from subscribers at an entry point of the ISN into a single composite frame of variable size for transmission through the ISN. The traffic component types within the single composite frame are grouped into separate groups of adjacent channels for each traffic component type, so that each group is limited to channels containing traffic components of the same type, with each channel assigned in its entirety to a selected subscriber.
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1. A method of transmitting information between a multiplicity of subscribers as components of traffic in an integrated services network (ISN), in which the information traffic consists of a multiplicity of media types according to the communications services required by the different subscribers including voice, video and data traffic component types, said method comprising the steps of:
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assembling a plurality of said traffic component types to be transmitted from subscribers at an entry point of said ISN into a single composite frame of variable size for transmission through the ISN, limiting the traffic component types assembled into said single composite frame to those destined for subscribers at the same exit point of the ISN, and grouping the traffic component types within said single composite frame into separate groups of adjacent channels for each traffic component type, so that each group is limited to channels containing traffic components of the same type, with each channel assigned in its entirety to a selected subscriber. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. Apparatus for transmitting information in an integrated services network implemented for communication of multimedia traffic component types including voice, data and video and variations thereof from and to a multiplicity of subscribers, comprising:
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collection means for collecting information streams each containing a traffic component type associated with a subscriber from which the information stream emanates from among a plurality of subscribers at one endpoint of said network said information streams to be transmitted to subscribers at another endpoint of said network, and configuration means responsive to the collection by said collection means for selectively configuring at least a portion of said information streams into a composite payload of a variable size frame, said configuration means including allocation means for allocating bandwidth channels of fixed size in said composite payload to traffic component types associated with subscribers so that the payload contains a plurality of traffic component types encompassing information to be transmitted in the fixed size channels each allocated to a subscriber at said one endpoint. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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