Patent ID: 7958239
Filing Date: 2011-06-07
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. In a multilink point-to-point protocol (PPP) network access server, a method of allocating ports among various clients comprising: allocating a primary port to a first client responsive to a first service request; allocating a secondary port to the first client responsive to the first service request; monitoring usage of the primary and secondary ports by the first client to determine if the secondary port is underutilized based on a predetermined threshold usage level; receiving a second service request from a second client; responsive to receiving the second request, identifying the secondary port as a currently underutilized port that is available for reallocation, wherein availability is based on a predetermined secondary port reallocation threshold; and responsive to the determining the secondary port is underutilized and available for reallocation, deallocating the secondary port from the first client and reallocating the secondary port to the second client based at least in part upon an average level of use of the secondary port over a predetermined time period by the first client.