Patent ID: 8879390

Claim:
A method for data traffic management in a communication network, the method comprising: setting up a first communication path for a first data communication and transmitting data from a source of said first data communication to a destination of said first data communication; monitoring features of a saturation tree representing a congestion of data transmission in said first data communication using a saturation tree sensor, wherein said saturation tree represents a congestion of data transmission due to at least one of said first data communication along said first communication path and a second data communication along at least a second communication path; executing concurrent steps of data traffic regulations to control data traffic between said source and said destination, wherein a second one of these concurrent steps of data traffic regulation comprises monitoring said features of said saturation tree, wherein a first one of said concurrent steps of data traffic regulation comprises reducing a data rate according to a first factor sufficient for eliminating congestion of data transmission at a node in said first communication path, wherein said second one of said concurrent steps of data traffic regulation comprises reducing said data rate according to a second factor based on said monitored features; and adapting a data rate of said first data communication along said first communication path based on said monitored features using a control device operatively coupled to said saturation tree sensor.