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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2010
Sanjay K. Udani, Arlington, VA (US);
Sanjay K. Udani, Arlington, VA (US);
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A device may include a memory to store parameters associated with allocating bandwidth. The bandwidth may be allocated among at least a local class of traffic and a network class of traffic, and a portion of the bandwidth may be shareable between the local and network classes of traffic. The device may also include a communication interface to receive requests for access to bandwidth from a number of devices, the devices including at least one set top box (STB) and at least one digital video recorder (DVR). The device may also include logic to receive a first request having a corresponding first bandwidth and being associated with a first class of traffic, and determine whether the first bandwidth plus currently used bandwidth associated with the first class of traffic is less than a reserved bandwidth associated with the first class of traffic. The logic may also be configured to approve the first request when the first bandwidth plus currently used bandwidth associated with the first class of traffic is less than the reserved bandwidth associated with the first class of traffic. The logic may be further configured to forward the first request to a second device to determine whether a portion of the shareable bandwidth is available to fulfill the request, when the first bandwidth plus the currently used bandwidth associated with the first class of traffic is not greater than a maximum bandwidth associated with the first class of traffic.