INFORMATION MULTIPLEXING DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING CELLS VIA A COMMUNICATION NETWORK

A communication system including a network and an information multiplexing device connected to the network is provided. The device includes a plurality of access terminals for receiving information to be transmitted, a plurality of connecting terminals coupled to the network, a plurality of service circuits having queue elements for storing the information, a plurality of network circuits which includes output circuits for transmitting information to the connecting terminals and an assigning element for assigning a period of time which information can be transmitted to the output circuits. The period of time being dependent on the rate of which the output circuit can transmit data.