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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 08, 1999
Ronald M. Keenan, Oxford, CT (US);
Thomas F. Barraza, Monroe, CT (US);
Edward R. Caceres, New Milford, CT (US);
Joseph A. Deptula, Watertown, CT (US);
Patrick A. Evans, Burlington, CT (US);
Joseph Setaro, Danbury, CT (US);
Merlot Communications, Bethel, CT (US);
Abstract
Delay-sensitive information (e.g., voice, video) and non-delay-sensitive user data are combined and transmitted over a single UTP cable forming part of a star-connected Ethernet local area network. Master Ethernet packets of fixed length are formatted with fixed length portions assigned to the two types of information and transmitted at a constant fixed rate. The delay sensitive information is extracted, switched and transmitted at a constant bit rate. The non-delay sensitive information is segmented and transmitted asynchronously in a user data portion of the Master Ethernet Packet.