Patent ID: 7260060
Filing Date: 2007-08-21
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of admitting calls over a network, comprising: receiving a call request to establish a call, the call request defining a throughput requirement and comprising an origination address for identifying an origination terminal and an identifier for identifying a destination terminal; transmitting a throughput measurement request in response to the received call request, the throughput measurement request causing a trace to propagate via a path between the origination terminal and the destination terminal; in response to the trace, receiving information identifying one or more network resources on the path between the origination terminal and the destination terminal; monitoring one or more performance characteristics of the one or more network resources identified to generate a throughput measurement of the path; and transmitting a call admission response to the origination terminal when the throughput measurement at least substantially matches the throughput requirement of the call request.