Patent ID: 9584385
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A method comprising: determining, by a computing device, a data rate of one or more packets flowing through a buffer; determining a latency of the one or more packets flowing through the buffer; comparing the data rate with a provisioned data rate that is based on a tier of service; comparing the latency with a threshold; and in response to a determination that the data rate is less than the provisioned data rate and that the latency is less than the threshold, increasing a number of bits allocated to the buffer by a first increment if a first number of bits are allocated to the buffer at a time of a determination to increase the number of bits or by a second increment if a second number of bits are allocated to the buffer at the time of the determination to increase the number of bits, wherein the first increment is greater than the second increment and the first number is less than the second number.