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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 30, 1999
Nanying Yin, Newton Center, MA (US);
Steven R. Willis, Acton, MA (US);
Nortel Networks Limited, St. Laurent, CA;
Abstract
A system controls the admission of a connection request based on available resources. The received connection request specifies a particular class of service. The system then determines the allocated bandwidth for the specified class of service. Available resources for the specified class of service are determined based on measured traffic flow and the allocated bandwidth associated with the specified class of service. The connection request is accepted if the available resources are capable of supporting the requested connection. An allocation factor may be used by the system to allocate bandwidth. The allocation factor can be updated based on changes in measured traffic flow. Additionally, subscribed traffic parameters may be used to determine available resources for the specified class of service.