Patent ID: 6549515
Filing Date: 2003-04-15
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A method for managing varying traffic load in a telecommunication network, comprising the steps of:(i) establishing an instantaneous demand for bandwidth at a pre-defined location of said telecommunication network, by calculating a total number of bits, N, required for delivering transmission by all active channels connected at said pre-defined location of said telecommunication network, wherein said instantaneous demand may arise from more than one type of algorithms, each associated with at least one active channel; (ii) comparing the total number of bits required N thus obtained, with a number of bits M available for use in said pre-defined location of the telecommunication network; (iii) applying a bit rate adjusting mechanism to each one of the algorithms associated with the active channels when the number of bits M available for use in said pre-defined location of said telecommunication network is different from the total number of bits N required by all said active channels; and (iv) repeating steps (i) to (iii) periodically; wherein step (iii) is carried out by using the bit rate adjusting mechanism for dropping bits from one or more of the operative algorithms when the number of bits M available for use in the telecommunication network is smaller than the number of bits N representing the network instantaneous demand, and for adding bits to one or more of the operative algorithms if the number of available bits M is greater than the number of bits N representing the network instantaneous demand.