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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2002
Douglas Dillon, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Roderick Ragland, Bethesda, MD (US);
Charles Hatfield, Leesburg, VA (US);
Ashwin Jaiswal, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Douglas Dillon, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Roderick Ragland, Bethesda, MD (US);
Charles Hatfield, Leesburg, VA (US);
Ashwin Jaiswal, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Hughes Network Systems, LLC, Germantown, MD (US);
Abstract
An approach is provided for shaping traffic of a communication system. Resource usage of a network element of the communication system is determined. The usage is compared with thresholds that are established according to loading of the communication system; these thresholds correspond to various transmission states that limit usage of the resources of the communication system (e.g., bandwidth). Further, based on the comparison, the resource usage of the network element is controlled according to a particular transmission state, thereby ensuring fair access. This approach as particular applicability to shared capacity systems, such as a satellite communication system.