Patent ID: 7643415

Claim:
A method for controlling links in a communication system, comprising: sending, by an element in the communication system to a data-stream manager, a message including information about a transmission format of a desired link, the information including at least one of bandwidth and a link type; determining, by the data-stream manager, whether sufficient transmission capacity is available for the transmission format of the desired link; if it is determined by the data-stream manager that there is not sufficient transmission capacity for the transmission format of the desired link, checking by the data-stream manager, using link data and priority attributes, whether at least one link is present which is assigned a lower priority attribute than the desired link; if at least one link is present which is assigned a lower priority attribute than the desired link, temporarily stopping transmission of data for the at least one link assigned a lower priority; and setting up the desired link; wherein data transmission on the at least one link assigned a lower priority is stopped until the desired link is ended.