Patent ID: 9065595
Filing Date: 2015-06-23
Classification: H04B,H04L,H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method for determining peak data flow rate in a communication network comprising: measuring a first data flow rate over a communication link between a sending system and a receiving system in a computer network, the first data flow rate corresponding to a number of bits that is transferred from the sending system to the receiving system during a first time period; measuring a second data flow rate over the communication link between the sending system and the receiving system, the second data flow rate corresponding to a number of bits that is transferred from the sending system to the receiving system during a second time period; and calculating a new peak data flow rate when each of the first data flow rate and the second data flow rate exceeds a reference peak data flow rate, the new peak data flow rate being derived based on the first data flow rate and the second data flow rate, wherein the new peak data flow rate is stored as a new reference peak data flow rate, wherein the reference peak data flow rate is used to adjust an effective data transmission rate from the sending system to the receiving system, and wherein the new peak data flow rate is calculated and stored as the new reference peak data flow rate only if the first data flow rate exceeds the reference peak data flow rate by at least a first threshold rate amount and the second data flow rate exceeds the reference peak data flow rate by at least a second threshold rate amount.