Patent ID: 7802008
Filing Date: 2010-09-21
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for ensuring quality-of-service in a network, said apparatus comprising: at least one first stream sender having a Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) flow control window and operable to transmit a first stream therefrom downstream in accordance with a flow control window, wherein the flow control window specifies an amount of data which can be sent by said sender per acknowledgement received by said sender from a downstream recipient of said data; a network interconnection adapted to receive said first stream from said first stream sender and at least one second stream transmitted from a second stream sender; and a bandwidth control associated with said network interconnection and operable to adjust the flow control window of the first stream sender to meet a performance parameter associated with the second stream, wherein the bandwidth control dynamically allocates bandwidth by, in response to startup of the second stream, increasing the flow control window of the first stream that is in a steady state during a slow start period of the second stream.