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Abstract

A server in a telecommunications system is disclosed that prioritizes message signals queued for transmission over a telecommunications channel. A server in accordance with the present invention generalizes a wide range of specific queue disciplines into: (1) a generic sequence, and (2) a set of scalar parameters used in the sequence. Thereafter, the server is capable of mimicking any one of many specific queue disciplines (e.g., FIFO, LIFO, etc.) by appropriately setting the values of the parameters and without changing the generic sequence. An illustrative embodiment of the present invention comprises: receiving a succession of M message signals, S.sub.l through S.sub.M, wherein each of the M message signals is a member of one of G classes, C.sub.l through C.sub.G ; assigning a class ranking N.sub.i to message signals S.sub.i for S.sub.l through S.sub.M, wherein message signal S.sub.i is a member of class C.sub.j and N.sub.i is based on the order of arrival of message signal S.sub.i with respect to all of the M message signals that are members of class C.sub.j ; assigning a priority P.sub.i to message signals S.sub.i for S.sub.l through S.sub.M, wherein the priority P.sub.i is based on N.sub.i ; and transmitting K of the M message signals with the highest priority based on P.sub.l through P.sub.M before the other M-K message signals.

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First Claim