[0001] This application claims priority to the following provisional applications: [0002] Provisional U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 60/239,525, entitled “Using the TDMA Characteristics of a DOCSIS Cable Modem Network to Support Extended Protocols,” filed Oct. 11, 2000, by Bunn et al., (still pending)(incorporated by reference in its entirety herein). [0003] Provisional U.S. patent application Serial No. 60/239,526, entitled “Dynamic Delta Encoding for Cable Modem Header Suppression,” filed Oct. 11, 2000 by Bunn et al., (still pending)(incorporated by reference in its entirety herein). [0004] Provisional U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 60/239,524, entitled “Dynamically Mixing Protocol-Specific Header Suppression Techniques to Maximize Bandwidth Utilization in a DOCSIS Network,” filed Oct. 11, 2000 by Bunn et al., (still pending)(incorporated by reference in its entirety herein). [0005] Provisional U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 60/239,530, entitled “Efficiently Transmitting RTP Protocol in a Network that Guarantees In Order Delivery of Packets,” filed Oct. 11, 2000 by Bunn et al., (still pending)(incorporated by reference in its entirety herein). [0006] Provisional U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 60/239,527, entitled “Packet PDU Data Compression within a DOCSIS Network,” filed Oct. 11, 2000, by Bunn et al., (still pending)(incorporated by reference in its entirety herein). [0007] Provisional U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 60/240,550, entitled “Cable Modem System,” filed Oct. 13, 2000, by Bunn et al., (still pending)(incorporated by reference in its entirety herein). [0008] This application is related to the following non-provisional applications, all having the same filing date as the present application: [0009] “Cable Modem System and Method For Supporting Extended Protocols,” U.S. Pat. Ser. No. TBD (Attorney Docket No. 1875.0650001), by Bunn et al. filed concurrently herewith and incorporated by reference herein in its entirety. [0010] “Dynamic Delta Encoding for Cable Modem Header Suppression,” U.S. Pat. Ser. No. TBD (Attorney Docket No. 1875.0640001), by Bunn et al., filed concurrently herewith and incorporated by reference herein in its entirety. [0011] “Cable Modem System and Method for Dynamically Mixing Protocol-Specific Header Suppression Techniques,” U.S. Pat. Ser. No. TBD (Attorney Docket No. 1875.0660001), by Bunn et al., filed concurrently herewith and incorporated by reference herein in its entirety. [0012] “Efficiently Transmitting RTP Protocol in a Network that Guarantees In Order Delivery of Packets,” U.S. Pat. Ser. No. TBD (Attorney Docket No. 1875.0670001), by Bunn et al., filed concurrently herewith and incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.
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