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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2014
Filed:
May. 01, 2012
Maria Adamczyk, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Thomas Arnold Anschutz, Conyers, GA (US);
Alan Ryan Blackburn, Woodstock, GA (US);
Jeffrey Patrick Cassanova, Villa Rica, GA (US);
Sammie Walter Hill, Marietta, GA (US);
Scott Crandall Holt, Decatur, GA (US);
Nicholas Steven Huslak, Duluth, GA (US);
Arnold Chester Mcquaide, Jr., Berkeley Lake, GA (US);
Edgar Vaughan Shrum, Jr., Smyrna, GA (US);
Scott Traynham Stillman, Peachtree City, GA (US);
Steven Allen Wright, Roswell, GA (US);
LI Zhang, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Maria Adamczyk, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Thomas Arnold Anschutz, Conyers, GA (US);
Alan Ryan Blackburn, Woodstock, GA (US);
Jeffrey Patrick Cassanova, Villa Rica, GA (US);
Sammie Walter Hill, Marietta, GA (US);
Scott Crandall Holt, Decatur, GA (US);
Nicholas Steven Huslak, Duluth, GA (US);
Arnold Chester McQuaide, Jr., Berkeley Lake, GA (US);
Edgar Vaughan Shrum, Jr., Smyrna, GA (US);
Scott Traynham Stillman, Peachtree City, GA (US);
Steven Allen Wright, Roswell, GA (US);
Li Zhang, Alpharetta, GA (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A method of operating a data network may include establishing a data path through the data network between a routing gateway and service provider equipment providing a data service. Moreover, the data service may be provided for use at the routing gateway over the data path during a data session. A request may be received from the service provider equipment where the request defines a data flow characteristic for the data path between the routing gateway and the service provider equipment providing the data service. The data flow characteristic may then be transmitted to a network element along the data path between the routing gateway and the service provider equipment. A request from service provider equipment can include an allowed bandwidth or prioritization. Related methods, data networks, data service providers, routing gateways, and computer program products are also discussed.