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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2003
Applicants:
Xue LI, Aberdeen, NJ (US);
Sanjoy Paul, Marlboro, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Xue Li, Aberdeen, NJ (US);
Sanjoy Paul, Marlboro, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 3/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and for establishing a virtual private network (VPN) session for a priority request. The method and apparatus includes identifying a priority request from a plurality of VPN session request classes. Reserved bandwidth is allocated to the priority request if a nominally allocated bandwidth is insufficient to satisfy the priority request. Once the allocated bandwidth is assigned, admission control is applied to the priority request.