Patent ID: 8472321

Claim:
A method for managing traffic transfer services in a network, the method performed by a Quality of Service (QoS) manager, the method comprising: transmitting, by the QoS manager to a QoS device transmitting data, a traffic admit request for setting up a new traffic stream, wherein the traffic admit request comprises first traffic descriptor (TD) information for the new traffic stream; receiving, from the QoS device, a blocking traffic stream list representing at least one blocking traffic stream, when the new traffic stream is determined not to be admitted by the QoS device due to a lack of resources being used, wherein each of the at least one blocking traffic stream corresponds to second TD information, and each of the second TD information includes an available data rate list for the at least one blocking traffic stream and an active index indicating a specific data rate used for the blocking traffic stream among the available data rate list; obtaining, by the QoS manager, the priority information of the new traffic stream; transmitting, by the QoS manager to a policy holder, a traffic policy request requesting priority information for each of the blocking traffic stream after the new traffic stream is determined not to be admitted by the QoS device; receiving, from the policy holder, a traffic policy response including priority information for each of the blocking traffic stream; determining, by the QoS manager, a candidate traffic stream for degrading among at least one blocking traffic stream, the candidate traffic stream having lower priority information than the priority information of the new traffic stream, selecting at least one blocking traffic stream among the candidate traffic stream considering the second TD information corresponding to the at least one blocking traffic stream, wherein the selected at least one blocking traffic stream includes a lower available data rate than the specific data rate indicated by the active index in the available data rate list; and instructing the QoS device to degrade the selected at least one blocking traffic stream among the candidate traffic stream considering necessary bandwidth to admit the new traffic stream.