Patent ID: 9462025
Filing Date: 2016-10-04
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A network configured to admit streaming sessions while controlling links capacities, comprising: first and a second switches coupled by a link, and a processor configured to perform the following operations: receive a request to establish a new streaming session over a new path, in presence of an existing streaming session which is established over an existing path; wherein both the new path and the existing path pass through the link, the link is currently set to have a first capacity, and the existing streaming session is associated with a limit for an allowable end-to-end latency variation thereof; estimate, before the new streaming session is established, a first end-to-end latency variation of the existing streaming session, supposing that the new streaming session is established over the new path, and further supposing that the link continues to have the first capacity; estimate, before the new streaming session is established, a second end-to-end latency variation of the existing streaming session, supposing that the new streaming session is established over the new path, and further supposing that the link is set to have a second capacity; determine, by comparing the first and second end-to-end latency variations with the limit: a first determination that the first end-to-end latency variation exceeds the limit, and a second determination that the second end-to-end latency variation does not exceed the limit; set the link to have the second capacity based on the first and second determinations; and admit the request based on the second determination.