Patent ID: 8054760
Filing Date: 2011-11-08
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A machine-implemented method for classifying a traffic flow in a network, the method comprising: (a) determining a first smoothness value for a specified first number of packets of the traffic flow; (b) comparing the first smoothness value to a specified first smoothness bound; (c) classifying the traffic flow as a real-time traffic flow based on the comparison of step (b); (d) determining a second smoothness value for a specified second number of packets of the traffic flow, if the first smoothness value is above the first smoothness bound; (e) comparing the second smoothness value to a specified second smoothness bound; and (f) classifying the traffic flow as a real-time traffic flow, if the second smoothness value is below the second smoothness bound; and (g) classifying the traffic flow as a non-real-time traffic flow, if the second smoothness value is above the second smoothness bound.