Patent ID: 8320380

Claim:
A triple-play network, comprising: a triple-play network virtual topology assigned lesser resources than resources available for traffic on an underlying physical link bandwidth to prevent starvation of data-class traffic by video-on-demand (VOD); policy enforcement points (PEP's) for applying autonomous short-term, application-aware controls to autonomously control admission of corresponding network ingress traffic at each PEP, and applying long-term traffic controls on said corresponding network ingress traffic; wherein applying autonomous short-term, application aware controls and applying long-term traffic controls comprises, for each PEP: receiving a new call or session at the PEP; the PEP determining if enough resources are available for the new call or session; admitting the new call or session if the PEP determines that there are enough resources; and requesting from a session/call admission controller (S/CAC) increased reservation resources if the PEP determines that there are not enough resources; admission control tables received from the S/CAC for network admission need, wherein said admission control tables are updated when a network event results in a loss of resilient bandwidth that effects a traffic class under admission control, and when a surge in traffic exceeds a reserved resource in a PEP to a particular destination; and the updated admission control tables for informing the PEP of network resources that are determined to be available to the PEP, wherein the updated admission control tables comprise recalculations of the network resources available across said triple play network that minimize adverse impacts on existing sessions and calls.