METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE CELL DELAY BY USING THE TIME INTERVAL BETWEEN PREVIOUS CELLS AT THE UPC OF UNI IN ATM NETWORKS

摘要

A method for regulating cell intervals of a sequence of cells arriving in a connection of a network by assigning theoretical arrival times to the cells, in which the theoretical arrival time of a cell is determined using the average cell interval, the theoretical arrival time of a previous cell or its actual arrival time if and an interval between the actual and/or theoretical arrival times of two previous cells. If the actual arrival time of a previous cell is later than its theoretical arrival time that actual arrival time is used in place of its theoretical arrival time, in a manner which brings forward the theoretical arrival time and thus reduces the unnecessary delay imposed upon the current cell.