| 摘要 |
A method for management of traffic in a communication network is disclosed, the communication network comprising a first transport medium and a second transport medium connected in series with the first transport medium, access to the first transport medium controlled by a first Medium Access Controller (MAC) and access to the second transport medium controlled by a second MAC, wherein a traffic client of the second MAC receives traffic on the first transport medium for forwarding to the second transport medium. The method comprises receiving from the first MAC information about traffic demands from traffic clients of the first MAC. The method further comprises using the received information, together with information about traffic demands from traffic clients of the second MAC, as input to making a medium access grant decision for the second MAC, wherein the medium access grant decision for the second MAC implements a coordination between traffic access to the first and second transport media. The method also comprises instructing implementation of the medium access grant decision for the second MAC. Also disclosed are a network entity and MAC and a computer program product configured to carry out a method for managing traffic on a communication network. |
