Abstract:
An entry polling (EP) device/router (100) for providing a contention-based reservation mechanism within a mini-slotted dynamic EP slot in a multiple-access communication system, including a scheduler (104) coupling to an adaptive reservation manager (107) and a feedback control unit (106), having a microprocessor (120) that includes a computer program (122) embodying the contention-based reservation mechanism.
Abstract:
A system, device (100), router and method (200) implement a hybrid multiple access protocol for users with multiple priorities that provides efficient reservation of channel resources to accommodate users with randomly transmitted requests wherein the users have multiple priorities. The present invention provides the following benefits over existing solutions: 1) support of multiple service categories; 2) insurance that all users admitted to the system receive their negotiated service guarantee appropriate for their service category; 3) achieves an overall system performance that is comparable to centralized algorithms at high system loads, while allowing desirable performance levels of distributed access protocols at low system loads; 4) allows transmission of variable number of packets each with variable size when access is granted to a user; and 5) reduces the number of instances a user needs to content for access, thereby reducing collisions and overhead due to contention slots and improving system performance.
Abstract:
An entry polling (EP) device/router (100) for providing a contention-based reservation mechanism within a mini-slotted dynamic EP slot in a multiple-access communication system, including a scheduler (104) coupling to an adaptive reservation manager (107) and a feedback control unit (106), having a microprocessor (120) that includes a computer program (122) embodying the contention-based reservation mechanism.
Abstract:
A system, device, and method for scheduling data transmission opportunities for variable bit rate traffic provides data transmission opportunities at a peak cell rate when the end user is actively transmitting data, and provides data transmission opportunities at a lower rate when the end user has no data to transmit. When the end user has no data to transmit, any excess data transmission opportunities (i.e., data transmission opportunities from the lower rate up to the peak cell rate) are available for statistically multiplexing traffic from other end users. Various embodiments utilize a lower rate anywhere between a zero rate and a sustainable cell rate, inclusive. Alternative embodiments allocate a burst of data transmission opportunities equivalent to a maximum burst size at the peak cell rate when the end user has data to transmit, after which the end user is once again provided data transmission opportunities at the lower rate.
Abstract:
A system, device (100), router and method (200) implement a hybrid multiple access protocol for users with multiple priorities that provides efficient reservation of channel resources to accommodate users with randomly transmitted requests wherein the users have multiple priorities. The present invention provides the following benefits over existing solutions: 1) support of multiple service categories; 2) insurance that all users admitted to the system receive their negotiated service guarantee appropriate for their service category; 3) achieves an overall system performance that is comparable to centralized algorithms at high system loads, while allowing desirable performance levels of distributed access protocols at low system loads; 4) allows transmission of variable number of packets each with variable size when access is granted to a user; and 5) reduces the number of instances a user needs to content for access, thereby reducing collisions and overhead due to contention slots and improving system performance.