Patent ID: 8745676

Claim:
A method for admitting a new data file into a channel, said channel communicating at least one current data file from a communication network hub to a receiver at a rate equal to at least a minimum constant bit rate of the at least one current data file, said method comprising: receiving a request for admission of the new data file into the channel; determining whether at least a minimum number of bits of the at least one current data file has been transferred to the receiver; responsive to determining that at least the minimum number of bits of the at least one current data file has been transferred to the receiver, reducing the rate at which the at least one current data file is transferred, wherein the reduced rate is reduced to a rate: 1) below the minimum constant bit rate, the minimum constant bit rate determined by dividing a size of the current data file by a time to transmit the current data file, and 2) based on a second minimum constant bit rate associated with the new data file, 3) so that a sum of the reduced rate and the second minimum constant bit rate is less than or equal to a bandwidth of the channel; and admitting the new data file into the channel.