Patent ID: 8370497

Claim:
A method of transmitting time-synchronous data over a network connection between at least two terminals, where between the terminals a connection is established using a Session Initialization Protocol (SIP) server and SIP protocol, said method comprising having the SIP server analyze at least one of the connection and said at least two terminals, and based on this analysis determining an ideal bandwidth for optimizing the transfer of time-synchronous data, wherein said method further comprises reserving bandwidth for the connection based on the analysis and guaranteeing Quality of Service (QoS), wherein the analysis comprises determining at least one of a data coding method for time-synchronous data transfer used by the at least two terminals and a data decoding method for time-synchronous data transfer used by the at least two terminals, wherein the reservation of bandwidth is performed by the SIP server using a QoS management system, wherein the reservations of bandwidth for a plurality of connections are aggregated into at least one traffic trunk, and wherein a bandwidth of the at least one traffic trunk is reserved and managed based on the analysis, wherein reservations of bandwidth between at least two end points are aggregated within the at least one traffic trunk, wherein, during the time when an existing connection between the at least two endpoints is mapped to the at least one traffic trunk and is established, a new connection to be established between a first terminal and a second terminal via the at least two endpoints is mapped to the at least one traffic trunk, and wherein a required bandwidth of said new connection is determined based on the analysis, and if the required bandwidth of said new connection exceeds remaining available bandwidth of the at least one traffic trunk, the SIP server performs rejecting said new connection.