Patent ID: 9264374
Filing Date: 2016-02-16
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method of managing buffer space on a voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) receiver device comprising a buffer, comprising: calculating a number of free buffer slots required to store an incoming packet in the buffer; determining a number of previously rejected packets based on a packet rejection history; calculating an adjusted number of required free buffer slots as a difference between the number of required free buffer slots and the number of previously rejected packets; determining a number of free slots in the buffer; determining whether the adjusted number of required free buffer slots exceeds the number of free slots; implementing a buffer space management strategy in response to determining that the adjusted number of required free buffer slots exceeds the number of free slots in the buffer; and storing the incoming packet in the buffer in sequential order in response to determining that the adjusted number of required free buffer slots does not exceed the number of free slots.