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METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING QUALITY-OF-SERVICE GUARANTEES IN COMPUTER NETWORKS
METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING QUALITY-OF-SERVICE GUARANTEES IN COMPUTER NETWORKS
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机译:在计算机网络中提供服务质量保证的方法和装置
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An arbitration mechanism provides quality-of-service guarantees for time-sensitive signals sharing a local area computer network (110) with non-time-sensitive traffic. Device adapters (1000) are placed at all access points (2) to an Ethernet network (1). The device adapters (1000) limit admission rates and control the timing of all packets entering the network. By doing so, collisions are eliminated for time-sensitive traffic, thereby guaranteeing timely delivery. A common time reference is established for the device adapters (1000). The time reference includes a frame (20, 21, 22) with a plurality of phases (201-205). Each of the phases (201-205) is assigned to a device adapter (1000). Each device adapter (1000) is allowed to transmit packets of data onto the network (1) only during the phase assigned thereto. The length of the phases (201-205) may be modified in accordance with the number of packets to be transmitted by a particular device adapter (1000). One of the device adapters (1000) may be designated as a master timing device to synchronize each of the other device adapters.
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