METHOD AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK FOR ORGANISING DATA FLOW TO SATISTY LOW LATENCY REQUIREMENTS

摘要

A method of organising data flow in a telecommunications network having two or more sending nodes each arranged to transmit data to a receiving node on a respective network path comprises the steps of determining a respective path delay for each network path and transmitting a respective data packet from each sending node to the receiving node, the data packets being transmitted at one or more transmission times determined using the path delays such that each data packet arrives at the receiving node at a respective reception time. The method allows data packets to be transmitted to a receiving node from two or more sending nodes without collision even at high data rates, thus allowing low data latency to be achieved at high data rates and providing improved latency compared to prior art techniques in which data packets are transmitted to a receiving node at randomised times.