Patent ID: 9397912
Filing Date: 2016-07-19
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions, which when executed by a processor perform a method, the method comprising: receiving a probe packet by a termination beacon, wherein the probe packet is associated with a first stream of a plurality of streams, wherein the stream is identified using an origin beacon identification (ID) for an origin beacon, a stream source IP address, a stream destination IP address, an L generating, after receiving the probe packet and after the expiration of a probe rate request (PRR) refresh timer, a rate control packet (RCP) by the termination beacon wherein the RCP comprises a PRR for the stream each of the plurality of streams and a second PRR for a second stream of the plurality of streams; and sending the RCP to the origin beacon using an origin beacon IP address, wherein the origin beacon IP address is different than the stream source IP address.