Patent ID: 11895018
Assignee: BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 2:
3. The method of claim 2, wherein:
the flow statistics further comprise:
a current transmit fraction,
a most recent classification, and
a time since the classification last changed;
the list of flow states further comprises a catchup phase and an overload phase; and
the step of performing the classification alternatively comprises:
classifying the bursty data flow as being in the catchup phase by:
determining that the current flow duration is equal to or greater than the threshold start-up flow duration and that the burst+gap cycle has not yet started; or
determining that the most recent classification is established phase and that the current transmit fraction is higher than an upper catchup threshold transmit fraction; or
classifying the bursty data flow as being in the overload phase by determining that the most recent classification is catchup phase and that the time since the classification last changed is higher than a threshold catchup duration; or

classifying the bursty data flow as being in the established phase by:
determining that the most recent classification is catchup phase and that the transmit fraction is lower than a lower catchup threshold transmit fraction; or
determining that the most recent classification is overload phase and that the transmit fraction is lower than a lower overload threshold transmit fraction.