ystem and the second portion of the data packet is placed in a second time slot allocated by the cable modem termination system.As shown in FIG. 68, a data packet 410 which is too large to fit within a first time slot 491a is fragmented by an appropriate device such as a cable modem such that a first portion 410a of the data packet 410 is placed in the first time slot 491a and the remaining or sec