Appeal No. 1998-0622
Application No. 08/360,972
plurality of terminals and a resource allocation device. The
resource
allocation device comprises a bandwidth allocation element for
allocating bandwidths to a plurality of bandwidth request
elements and a selecting element. The bandwidth request
elements comprises at least an audio bandwidth request element
and a video bandwidth request element. The audio bandwidth
request element receives audio information from the terminals,
generates and transmits an allocation request, and encodes the
audio information according to the amount of bandwidth
dynamically allocated by the bandwidth allocation element.
The video bandwidth request element receives video information
from the terminals, generates and transmits an allocation
request, and encodes the video information according to the
amount of bandwidth dynamically allocated by the bandwidth
allocation element. The bandwidth allocation element receives
the audio and video allocation requests and dynamically
allocates in real-time a portion of the predetermined amount
of the total bandwidth. The selection element is controlled
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