Patent ID: 9503377
Filing Date: 2016-11-22
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method for congestion control of traffic in a network that uses Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), wherein said traffic includes one or more incoming TCP traffic flows each using a first TCP congestion control program, said method comprising: mapping a first incoming TCP traffic flow from said one or more incoming TCP traffic flows to a second TCP congestion control program selected from a plurality of TCP congestion control programs using a TCP mapper, wherein said mapping is based on at least one of (a) the type of application program from which the first incoming TCP traffic flow originated, (b) the type of network for which the first incoming TCP traffic flow is destined, (c) parameters related to network performance, (d) network constraints, (e) source of the first incoming TCP traffic flow, and (f) destination of the first incoming TCP traffic flow; with the second TCP congestion control program replacing the first TCP congestion control program for the first incoming TCP traffic flow from the TCP mapper to the first incoming TCP traffic flow destination, and wherein if more than one TCP mapper is mapping said first incoming TCP traffic flow in a dual-ended configuration, said TCP mappers independently map said first incoming TCP traffic flow, each of said TCP mappers operating as if deployed in a single-ended configuration.