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Method and apparatus for medium access control from integrated services packet-switched satellite networks

  • US 6,449,267 B1
  • Filed: 05/25/1999
  • Issued: 09/10/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/24/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of communicating input data from a first node to a second node via a communication link having a plurality of resource units, comprising the steps of:

  • transmitting a resource request having a resource metric from the first node to an allocating agent;

    receiving an allocation of resource units according to the resource metric, the resource units comprising at least one demand assigned multiple access (DAMA) resource unit and at least one random access (RA) resource unit;

    queuing the input data into a DAMA channel buffer; and

    dequeuing the input data from the DAMA channel buffer to an RA channel buffer according to a comparison between a predicted transmission delay and a delay threshold.

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