At present to facilitate multimedia/fax/realtime applications on the
Internet requires the IP packets to be given priority over other packets
by methods such as RSVP/Tag Switching to ensure Quality of Service. Here
is presented a method whereby an Internet Time multiplexed Circuit
Connection is established enabling data communications at both ends in
exactly the same way as in the case where the Internet Connection so
established is a PSTN switched circuit connection, at wire speed with
same transmissions quality. At predetermined periods (the single
individual periods of which may be different in time durations at each
nodes) all selected nodes between source & destination are arranged to
automatically switch incoming signals to next node at wire speed without
buffering delay/route computation delay, thus establishes a Time
Multiplexed Circuit Connection for the durations of the predetermined
periods, as in the case where a simplex PSTN dedicated circuit connection
has been established.