A method and apparatus is disclosed for differentiating service in a data network which
supports a plurality of service classes, by implementing a pricing strategy such that revenue …

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(57) ABSTRACT A communication path control System is provided for use in a data network
configured by a number of buses each of which installs at least one node as an isochronous …

0002. In recently developing communication networks, communication is increasingly
effected on a packet Switched basis. This means that data are forwarded from a (first) …

(57) ABSTRACT A method of transmission over a packet based network including providing
data packets to be transmitted on the packet based network during a predetermined time …

(57) ABSTRACT A method for bandwidth reservation for transmitting source data of varying
data rate in a data network in which a transmission quality determinable in advance can be …

(57) ABSTRACT A method for forming data received from a data source into frames for
transmission over a data link according to a pro tocol in which data is carried as data frames …

In one embodiment, a method is provided for han dling byte-containing packets at a queuing
point in a packet based communication system that handles the packets, when each of the …

In a packet communication system having a node adapted for sending and receiving data
packets at a first rate and at a second rate faster than said first rate, the communication …

In an apparatus for forwarding a present data packet from a present Source network entity to
a present destination net work entity, the present destination network entity is selected from …