Band allocation method and transmission system for transmitting variable-length packets

摘要

In a system where a plurality of terminal units are connected to a network unit via an optical transmission line and packets are transmitted in units of cells according to polling information, polling request information including the number of variable-length packets stored in the buffer of each of the terminal unit, the number of cells composing each variable-length packet and the number of remaining cells of a packet being read is created, polling information corresponding to a time slot allocated according to the polling request information is transmitted from the shared band control unit of the network unit, and bands are allocated to the plurality of terminal units.