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Patent
CA 2265313
A protocol for handling multiple access on broadband communication networks, e.g., fiber/coax networks and wireless networks, supports both continuous bit rate (CBR) and variable bit rate (VBR) traffic representing voice, video telephony, interactive television, and data. The invention is carried out both in customer premise equipment (CPE) at stations, and in a common controller with which all stations communicate. A medium access control (MAC) processor provided in each of the stations and in the common controller divides the time domain for a given RF channel into a series of successive frames, each having a plurality of time slots. Because of the architecture of the communication network, individual stations do not communicate directly with each other, but can receive broadcast messages indicating the status of each time slot, which messages are generated in the common controller and transmitted in a downstream channel. When a station desires to transmit information in the upstream direction, it inserts the information into an 'available' time slot, with availability being determined in accordance with time slot status. Depending upon the type of traffic being originated, a station can indicate to the common controller a need for continued use of the "same" time slot in successive frames. This permits a station, such as a station requiring a CBR connection, to avoid having to contend repeatedly for continued access to the transmission network. In the case of a wireless communication network, the invention is carried out both in mobile stations, and in a base station which acts as a common controller and with which all mobile stations communicate.
Edmon Eugene L.
Li Chia-Chang
Sriram Kotikalapudi
Kirby Eades Gale Baker
Lucent Technologies Inc.
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