Patent ID: 7529250
Filing Date: 2009-05-05
Classification: H04L,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method for providing Quality of Service (QoS) to an Ethernet switching means connected to a Wide Area Network (WAN), which has at least one bandwidth limited channel, wherein a total IP data throughput of voice-, video- and/or other real time applications or services together with non-real time applications or services are provided by use of IP data packages, wherein the Ethernet switching means is logically connected to an Adaptive Quality of Service (AQS) means, comprising the steps of: acquiring Quality of Service information carried in the RTP/RTCP data packages; comparing at least one QoS value Q filtering when at least one QoS value has an unacceptable level to said corresponding QoS acceptance ratio; acquiring a value (TB) for the instantaneous used bandwidth of the total IP data throughput; comparing the used bandwidth value (TB) of the total IP data throughput to a minimum value m; acquiring the Quality of service information carried in the RTP/RTCP data packages, if the total data throughput exceeds the minimum value m.