Patent ID: 8649304
Filing Date: 2014-02-11
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. Method for management of data transmissions in a network, comprising: providing switching means, wherein the switching means switches on the basis of at least one respectively predetermined criterion between a first data transmission link, for which a transport protocol based on rate-based overload control is used, and a second data transmission link, for which a second transport protocol based on round trip time (RTT)-based overload control protocol is used, as alternative data transmission links between a transmitter and a receiver; detecting and assessing at least one characteristic variable of the network at a monitoring device while one of the two data transmission links is used; switching from an in-use transmission link to an inactive transmission link based on said assessment, wherein a switch from the first link to the second link is initiated when the value of the characteristic variable exceeds a predetermined first threshold value and wherein a switch from the second link to the first link is initiated when the value of the characteristic variable falls below a predetermined second threshold value, wherein the second link is monitored after the characteristic variable exceeds the first threshold value, with the switch to the second link being initiated after reception of a first data packet transmitted by means of the second link and after reception of a last data packet transmitted by means of the first link.