Patent ID: 8310932
Filing Date: 2012-11-13
Classification: H04L,Y02D

Abstract:
1. Method for controlling upstream bandwidth at a device, said device comprising an interface to a first network having a maximum available bandwidth Bw, at least one local interface to at least one second network, said at least one second network comprising more than one gateway device, said at least one local interface having a maximum upstream bandwidth BL, wherein said maximum bandwidth Bw being superior to the maximum upstream bandwidth BL; wherein the method comprises the steps of: monitoring a bandwidth occupation on the first network; and periodically indicating to said more than one gateway device the maximum upstream bandwidth available to said more than one gateway device, said maximum upstream bandwidth depending on the maximum available bandwidth on the first network and the bandwidth occupation on said first network, so that when the bandwidth occupation on said first network is equal to zero, the upstream bandwidth available is the bandwidth BL and when the bandwidth occupation on said first network is equal to the bandwidth Bw, the upstream bandwidth available is equal to the bandwidth Bw divided by the number of said more than one gateway device.