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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2020

Filed:

Jun. 30, 2016
Applicant:

British Telecommunications Public Limited Company, London, GB;

Inventors:

Vidhyalakshmi Karthikeyan, London, GB;

Detlef Nauck, London, GB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/927 (2013.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04L 12/851 (2013.01); H04L 12/725 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 47/805 (2013.01); H04L 47/24 (2013.01); H04L 67/322 (2013.01); H04L 45/302 (2013.01); H04L 67/306 (2013.01);
Abstract

Method and systems for managing QoS models for traffic flows in a network are described. In particular, the method includes storing the QoS models and analyzing at least one of the QoS models to determine whether the QoS model satisfies a suitability test. One or more QoS models are then selected based on the analysis and these selected models are offered to a client for use with a traffic flow in the network. In one embodiment, the method may be implemented based on a query from a client requesting reservation of network resources for a traffic flow. The analysis may be based on a characteristic of the or each QoS model, of the client, of a query received from the client requesting reservation of network resources for the traffic flow or of the network or an operator of the network.


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