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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2006
Willem Van Willigenburg, Hilversum, NL;
Willem van Willigenburg, Hilversum, NL;
Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
The invention includes a method and apparatus for policing a home network having a plurality of terminals. At a gateway between the home network and an access network, a method includes monitoring bandwidth usage associated with intra-network traffic, determining bandwidth requirements associated with inter-network traffic, and, in response to a determination that the bandwidth usage prevents satisfaction of one of the bandwidth requirements, transmitting data adapted to reduce intra-network traffic.
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