US Patent 7729385 Techniques for utilization of spare bandwidth

Patent 7729385 was granted and assigned to Nokia on June, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Patent attributes

Current Assignee

Nokia

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

7729385

Date of Patent

June 1, 2010

Patent Application Number

10976851

Date Filed

November 1, 2004

Patent Primary Examiner

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Hanh Nguyen

Patent abstract

A packet encapsulator includes a filter module that identifies one or more carousel packets from a plurality of received packets. These one or more carousel packets are then stored in a packet buffer. The packet encapsulator also includes a channel queue for enqueuing packets for transmission across a broadcast transmission medium. For instance, the channel queue also receives the forwarding packets from the filter module. The channel queue also receives the one or more carousel packets from the packet buffer when at least a predetermined amount of available bandwidth exists in the broadcast transmission medium. The broadcast transmission medium may be a digital broadcast network such as a DVB handheld (DVB-H) network or a DVB terrestrial (DVB-T) network. Alternatively, the broadcast transmission medium may be a cable network.