Patent ID: 8068514
Filing Date: 2011-11-29
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for adjusting network bandwidth, the network bandwidth being utilized by a non-time critical data stream being sent from a sending endpoint to a receiving endpoint, wherein both of the sending endpoint and the receiving endpoint each have multiple physical interfaces connecting the sending endpoint and the receiving endpoint to multiple networks, respectively, wherein the non-time critical data stream is split into sub-streams and sent over multiple physical interfaces, and wherein the sending endpoint performs the method, the method comprising: determining if at least one of the multiple physical interfaces of the sending endpoint is also sending or receiving a time critical data stream or a near-time critical data stream; receiving a notification from the receiving endpoint in a case where at least one of the multiple physical interfaces of the receiving endpoint is determined to be sending or receiving a time critical data stream or a near-time critical data stream; and adjusting the network bandwidth utilization of at least one of the multiple physical interfaces of the sending endpoint in accordance with the determination and/or the notification.