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Dynamic traffic conditioning
Assignee: RPX Clearinghouse LLC
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Filing: 1997-03-14
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Granted: 2000-02-08
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Expires: 2017-03-14
Abstract
Abstract Multi-media networks will require that a data flow be given certain quality-of-service (QOS) for a network connection but pre-negotiation of this sort is foreign to the current data networking model. The real time traffic flow in the data network requires distinct limits on the tolerance to delay, and the variations in that delay. Interactive voice and video demand that the total delay does not exceed the threshold beyond which human interaction is unacceptably impaired. The present invention allows the network to discover the nature of the service for each traffic flow, classifies it dynamically, and exercises traffic conditioning by means of such techniques as admission control and scheduling when delivering the traffic downstream to support the service appropriately.
Inventors
- 👤 Alan Stanley John Chapman
- 👤 Hsiang-Tsung Kung
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-27 06:45
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61F; A61F2/00; A61F2/82; A61F2/86; A61F2/88; A61F2/856; A61F2/90; A61F2/91; A61F2/915; H; H04; H04L; H04L47/00; H04L47/10; H04L47/24; H04L47/2441; H04Q; H04Q11/00; H04Q11/04; H04Q11/0428; H04Q11/0478; A61F2/885; A61F2002/91533; A61F2002/91541; A61F2002/9155; A61F2210/00; A61F2210/0014; A61F2210/0019; A61F2250/00; A61F2250/0058; A61F2250/006; H04L12/00; H04L12/54; H04L12/56; H04L12/5601; H04L2012/5629; H04L2012/5631; H04L2012/5632; H04L2012/5638; H04L2012/564; H04L2012/5645; H04L2012/5646; H04L2012/5651; H04L2012/5665; H04L2012/5667; H04L69/00; H04L69/16
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim
143 words
In a packet data network for multimedia traffic having one or more nodes, a method of dynamically conditioning traffic comprising steps of: continuously monitoring the traffic at a node as to its traffic characteristics; classifying the traffic into one of a plurality of classes which includes two default classes, TCP interactive and UDP low latency, according to preset criteria of traffic characteristics which includes TCP protocol type, UDP protocol type, the length of packets in the traffic and the number of consecutive packets in the traffic, said plurality of classes specifying respective levels of the quality of service with which to condition the traffic; and changing the TCP interactive class to one or the other of TCP bulk guaranteed and TCP bulk best effort, if the traffic contains a series of long packets without an intervening series of two or more short packets.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
143 words
In a packet data network for multimedia traffic having one or more nodes, a method of dynamically conditioning traffic comprising steps of: continuously monitoring the traffic at a node as to its traffic characteristics; classifying the traffic into one of a plurality of classes which includes two default classes, TCP interactive and UDP low latency, according to preset criteria of traffic characteristics which includes TCP protocol type, UDP protocol type, the length of packets in the traffic and the number of consecutive packets in the traffic, said plurality of classes specifying respective levels of the quality of service with which to condition the traffic; and changing the TCP interactive class to one or the other of TCP bulk guaranteed and TCP bulk best effort, if the traffic contains a series of long packets without an intervening series of two or more short packets.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method according to claim 1 comprising a further step of: changing the UDP low latency class to one or the other of UDP real time and UDP bulk best effort.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method according to claim 2, comprising a further step of: delivering downstream the traffic according to the quality of service specified by said one of a plurality of classes.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
94 words
The method according to claim 1 comprising a further step of: determining a port number which the traffic uses, and classifying the traffic into one of a plurality of classes which includes two default classes, TCP interactive and UDP low latency, according to the port number and preset criteria of traffic characteristics which includes TCP protocol type, UDP protocol type, the length of packets in the traffic and the number of consecutive packets in the traffic, said plurality of classes specifying respective levels of the quality of service with which to condition the traffic.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
36 words
The method according to claim 1 wherein the quality of service is expressed by a plurality of parameters which include a priority level of delivery downstream of the traffic and a bandwidth assigned to the traffic.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method according to claim 1 comprising a further step of: informing one or more downstream nodes the results of monitoring and classifying.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method according to claim 6 wherein the step of informing comprises a step of: propagating information relevant to the results in a packet which is inserted into the traffic.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
154 words
In a packet data network for multimedia traffic having one or more nodes, a method of dynamically conditioning traffic comprising steps of: continuously monitoring the traffic as to its traffic characteristics at a source host from which the traffic is generated; classifying, at the source host, the traffic into one of a plurality of classes which includes two default classes, TCP interactive and UDP low latency, according to preset criteria of traffic characteristics which includes TCP protocol type, UDP protocol type, the length of packets in the traffic and the number of consecutive packets in the traffic, said plurality of classes specifying respective levels of the quality of service with which to condition the traffic; and changing the TCP interactive class to one or the other of TCP bulk guaranteed and TCP bulk best effort, if the traffic contains a series of long packets without an intervening series of two or more short packets.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
154 words
In a packet data network for multimedia traffic having one or more nodes, a method of dynamically conditioning traffic comprising steps of: continuously monitoring the traffic as to its traffic characteristics at a source host from which the traffic is generated; classifying, at the source host, the traffic into one of a plurality of classes which includes two default classes, TCP interactive and UDP low latency, according to preset criteria of traffic characteristics which includes TCP protocol type, UDP protocol type, the length of packets in the traffic and the number of consecutive packets in the traffic, said plurality of classes specifying respective levels of the quality of service with which to condition the traffic; and changing the TCP interactive class to one or the other of TCP bulk guaranteed and TCP bulk best effort, if the traffic contains a series of long packets without an intervening series of two or more short packets.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method according to claim 8 comprising a further step of: changing the UDP low latency class to one or the other of UDP real time and UDP bulk best effort.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method according to claim 9 comprising a further step of: delivering downstream the traffic according to the quality of service specified by said one of a plurality of classes.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method according to claim 8 comprising a further step of: informing one or more downstream nodes the results of monitoring and classifying.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method according to claim 11 wherein the step of informing comprises a step of: propagating information relevant to the results in a packet which is inserted into the traffic.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
94 words
The method according to claim 8 comprising a further step of: determining a port number which the traffic uses, and classifying the traffic into one of a plurality of classes which includes two default classes, TCP interactive and UDP low latency, according to the port number and preset criteria of traffic characteristics which includes TCP protocol type, UDP protocol type, the length of packets in the traffic and the number of consecutive packets in the traffic, said plurality of classes specifying respective levels of the quality of service with which to condition the traffic.
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