This work has been carried out for the Compact Muon Solenoid
experiment at the European Laboratory for Particle Physics, 1211
Geneva 23 (Switzerland). It is a result of the research performed
from May 1997 to June 1999 in the CMS Data Acquisition group, Division EP
at CERN. The work has been supported by the Austrian doctoral student
programme (contract identification number 46436).
Copies can be obtained from the CMS secretariat at CERN.