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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 03, 1999
Gary Scott Delp, Rochester, MN (US);
Philip Lynn Leichty, Rochester, MN (US);
Kevin Gerard Plotz, Byron, MN (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for scheduling the transmission of cells and frames in a communications network. The transmission of cells and frames are scheduled utilizing a selected scheduling algorithm. The cell/frame scheduling algorithm includes the step of identifying a frame or cell transmission type. Responsive to the identified frame or cell transmission type, a frame multiplier value is identified. A target transmission time is calculated for the frame or cell transmission type utilizing the identified frame multiplier value. A method and apparatus optionally are provided for scheduling the transmission of packet pairs.