Patent ID: 8717911
Filing Date: 2014-05-06
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A network communications device, comprising: an input/output (I/O) unit configured to communicate data packets to and from a communications network; and at least one module configured to: count total data packets being communicated via said I/O unit during a time period to determine a total data packet count; distinguish the total data packets between real-time data packets that include real-time content and non-real-time data packets that do not include real-time content; count at least one of data packets that include real-time content to determine a real-time data packet count and data packets that do not include real-time content to determine a non-real-time data packet count that are communicated via said I/O unit during the time period, wherein the real-time data packet count is a count of only data packets that include real-time content, wherein the total data packet count equals the real-time data packet count plus the non-real-time data packet count; determine bandwidth of total data packets being communicated via said I/O unit; determine bandwidth corresponding to the real-time data packet count; determine bandwidth reservation use information; concatenate an indicia representative of the bandwidth of data packets corresponding to the real-time data packet count and the bandwidth reservation use information to produce a modified data packet; and transmitting the modified data packet to a second network communication device.