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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 28, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
B. Scott Darnell, Rockwall, TX (US);
William T. Jennings, Greenville, TX (US);
Bradley D. Lengel, Irving, TX (US);
Praveen S. Reddy, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Raytheon Company, Lexington, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/516 ; G06F 1/5177 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/516 ; G06F 1/5177 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for scheduling transmission of a plurality of frames in a network having a plurality of nodes, each frame identified by a type designation, includes a schedule memory and a sequencer. The schedule memory stores a transmission time for each frame type and a list of frames to be transmitted. The sequencer is operable to access the schedule memory and initiate transmission of the frames in the list.