Patent ID: 8144594
Filing Date: 2012-03-27
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: determining a first channel over which a first network device communicates with multiple second network devices of a first group is in a first state, wherein the first state corresponds to utilization of an information-carrying capacity of the first channel above a first threshold level over a first time period; identifying one or more second network devices of the first group that have consumed the information-carrying capacity of the first channel above a second threshold level over a second time period; generating an instruction to cause communications between the first network device and the identified second network devices to change from a first priority to a second priority while the first channel is in the first state, wherein the second priority is lower than the first priority; and generating a subsequent instruction to cause communications between the first network device and a subsequently-identified one of the identified second network devices to change from the second priority to the first priority in response to determining the subsequently-identified second network device to have consumed the information-carrying capacity of the first channel below a third threshold level over a third time period, wherein the third threshold is lower than the second threshold.