Patent ID: 8145757
Filing Date: 2012-03-27
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for establishing a new traffic stream when a resource required for the new traffic stream is insufficient, the method performed by a manager and comprising: performing a setting operation for setting a first traffic stream in a device used for transmitting data, wherein the manager manages a traffic stream of the device and the setting operation comprises: receiving, from a controller that controls the manager, a first connection request for requesting the first traffic stream, the first connection request comprising a description field for describing the first traffic stream; generating a traffic stream identifier for identifying a traffic stream among a plurality of traffic streams transmitted by the device; inserting the generated traffic stream identifier into the description field of the first connection request; transmitting, to the device, a first traffic stream request comprising the description field with the traffic stream identifier inserted in order to set the first traffic stream in the device; registering the generated traffic stream identifier in the device when the first traffic stream is successfully set; receiving a second connection request from the controller for requesting the second traffic stream; transmitting, to the device, a second traffic stream request in order to set a second traffic stream in the device when the second connection request is received; receiving, from the device, a fail response indicating that the device has determined that an available resource is insufficient for both the traffic stream and the second traffic stream; obtaining first priority information of the first traffic stream and second priority information of the second traffic stream after receiving the fail response; comparing the first priority information to the second priority information; transmitting a releasing request to the device if the first priority information indicates that the first traffic stream has a lower priority than a priority of the second traffic stream, the releasing request including the traffic stream identifier to identify the first traffic stream; releasing, by the device, the first traffic stream identified by the traffic stream identifier included in the releasing request in order to recover a resource used for the first traffic stream; setting the second traffic stream in the device when a resource required for the second traffic stream is recovered by releasing the first traffic stream; registering a traffic stream identifier in the device for identifying the second traffic stream when the second traffic stream is set in the device; and wherein each of the first and second priority information comprises at least a traffic importance number and a user importance number.