Patent ID: 6922564

Claim:
A method for admitting a data flow corresponding to a new service request to a multiple access network, said method comprising the steps of: receiving from a network node a service request having Quality of Service (QoS) requirements; calculating an effective bandwidth required by said data flow corresponding to said service request based on an average packet size of said data flow; determining whether said data flow allows for an increase of a number of transmitting nodes in said network; determining a capacity of said network based on said number of transmitting nodes if said number of transmitting nodes increases; determining a transmission rate of said service request; adjusting said effective bandwidth to provide an adjusted effective bandwidth required by said data flow corresponding to said service request if said transmission rate of said service request is less than a maximum transmission rate of said network; admitting the data flow corresponding to said service request if said network has sufficient capacity to accommodate said adjusted effective bandwidth required by said data flow; and storing said number of transmitting nodes in the network and an occupied bandwidth of the network.