Patent ID: 8493859
Filing Date: 2013-07-23
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method for controlling transmission of data, the computer implemented method comprising: monitoring, by a computer, transmission of data to a target; determining, by the computer, whether the transmission of the data exceeds a threshold; responsive to determining that the transmission of the data exceeds the threshold, the computer sending a request to an adaptive bandwidth control process requesting an amount of data that can be sent to the target; the computer receiving a reply from the adaptive bandwidth control process that specifies the amount of data that can be sent to the target; and responsive to receiving the reply from the adaptive bandwidth control process that specifies the amount of data that can be sent to the target, the computer sending the data to the target using only up to the amount of data that can be sent to the target as specified in the reply from the adaptive bandwidth control process, wherein a minimum amount of bandwidth is guaranteed for the transmission of the data.