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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2013
At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);
Chaoxin Qiu, Austin, TX (US);
Arshad Khan, Austin, TX (US);
Jeffrey L. Scruggs, Round Rock, TX (US);
Robert F. Dailey, Austin, TX (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for managing an overload condition in a network are disclosed. For example, the method monitors the network for a traffic overload condition, and determines whether a more severe traffic overload condition or a less severe traffic overload condition is detected by using a network monitor and controller. The method then selects using a network monitor and controller agent in response to a command from the network monitor and controller, a different bandwidth preservation scheme if the more severe traffic overload condition or the less severe traffic overload condition is detected, wherein the different bandwidth preservation scheme is based on a selection of a codec type and is applied to a portion of the traffic.