FAST AND EFFICIENT PACKET TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AND METHOD

摘要

A fast and efficient packet transmission system and method for transmitting and routing packets through a digital communications network (101, 102, 103, 104, 105 and 106) which utilizes both variable length packets and fixed length packets, or cells, for achieving maximum efficiency and minimum delay in the digital communications network. Network efficiency is maximized by using variable length packets to transmit information across transmission lines (102) and network speed is maximized by using cells to route information to their intended destinations.