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(11) EP 1 712 042 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
18.10.2006 Bulletin 2006/42

(21) Application number: 05702678.3

(22) Date of filing: 14.01.2005
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
H04L 12/28(2006.01)
(86) International application number:
PCT/IB2005/050168
(87) International publication number:
WO 2005/071896 (04.08.2005 Gazette 2005/31)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

(30) Priority: 23.01.2004 EP 04100231

(71) Applicants:
  • Philips Intellectual Property & Standards GmbH
    20099 Hamburg (DE)

    DE 
  • Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    5621 BA Eindhoven (NL)

    AT BE BG CH CY CZ DK EE ES FI GB HU IS LI 

(72) Inventor:
  • BAUMEISTER, Markus
    52066 Aachen (DE)

(74) Representative: Volmer, Georg 
Philips Intellectual Property & Standards GmbH, Postfach 50 04 42
52088 Aachen
52088 Aachen (DE)

   


(54) HANDLING CAPACITY BOTTLENECKS IN DIGITAL NETWORKS