Patent ID: 7330427

Claim:
A computer implemented method for dynamically tracking and controlling the transfer of packets of data in computer network traffic using a 2-state Markov modulated Poisson process (MMPP) model, comprising the steps of: a) measuring the inter arrival time between individual data packets; b) determining whether the packet arrival rates are ‘bursty’ (λ 1 ) representing heavy traffic conditions or ‘idle’ (λ 2 ) representing light traffic conditions; c) establishing a transition window with the values [λ 1 max , λ 2 min ] represented by the boundary values λ 1 max for the upper inter-arrival time for bursty traffic, and λ 2 min for the lower inter-arrival time for idle traffic; d) utilizing the transition window values, determining the probability ρ 1 that a packet inter-arrival time is occurring in bursty traffic or the probability ρ 2 that the arrival time is occurring in idle traffic, and e) based upon this determination, either blocking or polling the transfer of data.