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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2015
Filed:
May. 08, 2013
Sandvine Incorporated Ulc, Waterloo, CA;
Scot Loach, Waterloo, CA;
SANDVINE INCORPORATED ULC, Waterloo, Ontario, CA;
Abstract
A method and system for managing bitrate of network traffic are provided. The method for managing bitrate of network traffic includes: receiving a packet; retrieving metadata from the packet and associating the packet with at least one traffic aggregate; determining a drop rate for the at least one traffic aggregate based on network flow data; and determining, based on the drop rate and the metadata, to forward or drop the packet. The system includes a packet processing module configured to receive a packet; a deep packet inspection module configured to retrieve metadata from the packet and associate at least on traffic aggregate with the packet; a control module configured to determine a drop rate for the at least one traffic aggregate based on network flow data; and a policy decision module configure to determine whether to forward or drop the packet based on the drop rate and the metadata of the packet.