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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2000
Applicants:
Mark M. Perkins, Cupertino, CA (US);
Hisham Abdelhamid, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
Mark M. Perkins, Cupertino, CA (US);
Hisham Abdelhamid, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J003/14 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method for controlling admission of a communication in a network are disclosed. In the network, a virtual circuit having a predetermined bandwidth is provided. A request is received for a communication having a communication bandwidth, and a total utilized bandwidth of the virtual circuit is calculated, including the communication bandwidth. If the total utilized bandwidth is less than the predetermined bandwidth of the virtual circuit, then admission in the network is granted to the communication.