Patent ID: 8000239
Filing Date: 2011-08-16
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for managing a network connection, comprising: receiving a request to establish the network connection from a host by a first router, wherein the network connection is associated with an overlay network, wherein the overlay network is a distributed hash table network, and wherein the overlay network comprises a plurality of routers and wherein the first router is one of the plurality of routers; sending, in response to the request, a first available bandwidth per flow to the host from the first router; establishing, in response to the request, the network connection; receiving, after establishing the network connection, packets from the host over the network connection, wherein an initial packet transmission rate of the packets over the network connection is based on the first available bandwidth per flow, wherein prior to sending the first available bandwidth per flow to the host, the first available bandwidth per flow is obtained by the first router by: