Patent ID: 8117332
Filing Date: 2012-02-14
Classification: H04L,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method for controlling a sending of a single data stream 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 one or more networks, respectively, and the data stream is split and sent over the multiple physical interfaces, the method comprising: selecting a buffer size for a buffer at the receiving endpoint; estimating a fill rate of the buffer; comparing the estimated fill rate with a target fill rate; in a case where the estimated fill rate is more than the target fill rate, sending feedback over one or more of the multiple physical interfaces from the receiving endpoint to the sending endpoint instructing to reduce a rate at which the data is streamed; in a case where the estimated fill rate is less than the target fill rate, sending feedback over one or more of the multiple physical interfaces from the receiving endpoint to the sending endpoint instructing to increase the rate at which the data is streamed; and adjusting the splitting and sending of data over the multiple physical interfaces from the sending endpoint to the receiving endpoint so as to reduce or increase the rate at which the data is streamed in accordance with the feedback.