Patent ID: 7957397
Filing Date: 2011-06-07
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for determining bandwidth allocation, the method comprising: at least initiating a transmission of a plurality of at least portions of content from a root node of a tree topology network along a path comprising a plurality of links connecting nodes through the tree topology network to at least one destination node; allocating bandwidth for the plurality of at least portions of content carried on a respective link, the respective link having an available bandwidth capacity such that a sum of the allocated bandwidths of all of the plurality of at least portions of content carried on the respective link does not exceed the available bandwidth capacity of the respective link; and using a Lexicographic Minimax Algorithm for a Flexible Bandwidth Allocation Model (FBAM) or a Constrained Bandwidth Allocation Model (CBAM) to provide bandwidth allocations to the plurality of at least portions of content and to determine an ordered list from the plurality of links from a most critical link to a least critical link.