AU2001238298A1 - System and method for combining requests for data bandwidth by a data provider for transmission of data over an asynchronous communication medium - Google Patents

System and method for combining requests for data bandwidth by a data provider for transmission of data over an asynchronous communication medium

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AU2001238298A1
AU2001238298A1 AU2001238298A AU3829801A AU2001238298A1 AU 2001238298 A1 AU2001238298 A1 AU 2001238298A1 AU 2001238298 A AU2001238298 A AU 2001238298A AU 3829801 A AU3829801 A AU 3829801A AU 2001238298 A1 AU2001238298 A1 AU 2001238298A1
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Ajay Chandra V. Gummalla
Dolors Sala
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