Patent ID: 7957278
Filing Date: 2011-06-07
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of providing quality of service (QoS) in a network, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a packet of a set of network data comprising one or more data flows, each flow comprising one or more packets; determining whether said packet associated with a flow from said one or more data flows is a signaling packet based on one or more protocols of said packet; determining a bandwidth value of said flow; determining whether said packet associated with said flow is a signaling packet based on the determined bandwidth value of said flow and wherein said determined bandwidth value of said flow is less than a quality of service processing bandwidth threshold comprising a quality of service processing bandwidth threshold value based on a number of bytes processed per second by at least the step of determining whether said packet associated with a flow from said one or more data flows in a signaling packet; determining if said packet is a signaling packet wherein the determining as to whether said packet is a signaling packet is based on said one or more protocols and based on said determined bandwidth value being less than said quality of service processing bandwidth threshold, and if said packet is determined to be a signaling packet, then if said copied packet contains said signaling information, then performing QoS processing for said flow associated with said packet.