Patent ID: 7013338
Filing Date: 2006-03-14
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: providing a first media aggregation manager at an edge of a first local area network on which a first set of terminals of a first user community of an enterprise reside, the first set of terminals running a first set of local applications on behalf of which the first media aggregation manager is configured to act as a signaling and control proxy; providing a second media aggregation manager at an edge of a second local area network on which a second set of terminals of a second user community of the enterprise reside, the second set of terminals running a second set of local applications on behalf of which the second media aggregation manager is configured to act as a signaling and control proxy; pre-allocating a reservation protocol session over a path through an enterprise network between the first media aggregation manager and the second media aggregation manager based upon an estimated usage of the path for real-time communication sessions between the first set of local applications and the second set of local applications; and multiplexing a plurality of applications flows associated with real-time communication sessions involving one or more source applications of the first set of local applications and one or more destination applications of the second set of local applications onto the pre-allocated reservation protocol session at the first media aggregation manager.