System, device, and method for providing low access delay for time-sensitive applications in a shared medium network
CA 2292479 A1 · Owner: Patrick, Michael W. · Inventors: Patrick, Michael W.; Ramakrishnan, Krishnan
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A system, device, and method for providing low access delay for time-sensitive applications in a shared medium network segregates MAC Users into a highpriority group and a low-priority group. Where the MAC User priorities are not known a priori, the MAC User priorities are inferred from the size of the data packets transmitted by the MAC Users. MAC Users transmitting small packets are placed in the high-priority group, while MAC Users transmitting large packets are placed in the low-priority group. The headend unit first polls all of the high-priority MAC Users, and then polls low-priority MAC Users until either all low-priority MAC Users have been polled or the low-priority MAC …
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