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Transmission communications management

  • US 6,959,451 B1
  • Filed: 08/21/1998
  • Issued: 10/25/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/21/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A transmission system, comprising:

  • a data management module capable of managing data flow;

    a first transmitter module coupled to a transport medium and to the data management module, the transmitter module to contain first configuration information specifying at least one predefined transmission characteristic; and

    at least an additional transmitter module containing second configuration data,the data management module to access the first configuration information to determine the at least one predefined transmission characteristic and to modify data flow management based on the at least one predefined transmission characteristic and the data management module to access the second configuration information to determine at least one predefined transmission characteristic associated with said additional transmitter module,wherein each transmitter module is associated with a different transport medium, and the first configuration information is retrieved by the data management module at startup of the first transmitter module or data management module, andwherein the first configuration information comprises at least one of information to indicate if the first transmitter module is able to assign priorities to data, and information to indicate if the first transmitter module is able to perform bandwidth management.

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