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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2018
Applicant:
Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd., Petah Tikva, IL;
Inventor:
Tzvika Meiri, Modi'in, IL;
Assignee:
Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd., Petah Tikva, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 12/869 (2013.01); H04L 12/851 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 65/80 (2013.01); H04L 47/2433 (2013.01); H04L 47/60 (2013.01);
Abstract
A communication system may be configured to transmit information from one or more information sources to a plurality of users over limited capacity media while enforcing one or more Quality of Service policies, such as maximum information rate (MIR) policies. Methods are presented herein for enforcing maximum information rate on two or more levels in a hierarchal and extendable manner, for at least the purposes of maximizing utilization of available capacity over said media and of fair distributing said capacity between all users. Also presented herein is a method for estimating load over said media.