Patent ID: 8750117
Filing Date: 2014-06-10
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A system, comprising: a plurality of user-to-network interfaces located at an edge of a network, each user-to-network interface configured to receive data traffic and transmit at least a subset of the data traffic through one of a plurality of communication paths, each communication path connecting one of the plurality of user-to-network interfaces through the network to an aggregation packet switch, the data traffic being of a plurality of classes of service; the aggregation packet switch that includes a trunk port and a plurality of network ports, each network port connected to one of the plurality of communication paths and configured to receive the data traffic transmitted through that connected communication path, said aggregation packet switch being configured to aggregate data traffic received by each network port from the plurality of communication paths onto the trunk port; and an access control system configured to monitor the trunk port for data traffic congestion, and when a certain data traffic threshold value is reached: