Patent ID: 8583735

Claim:
A method implemented in a computer infrastructure having computer executable code tangibly embodied on a computer readable storage medium having programming instructions operable to implement the steps of the method, comprising: determining conference data associated with a conference; and determining different optimum congestion control techniques, from a plurality of available congestion control techniques for different conference participants associated with a plurality of different call legs of the conference based on the conference data, wherein the determining the different optimum congestion control techniques are performed using the conference data in conjunction with predefined assessments of the available congestion control techniques including assigning a score to each available congestion control technique, wherein the score is based on a type of connection being used by one of the different conference participants, an amount of video and audio data being sent over one of the different call legs, and an estimated data transmission time associated with each of the different call legs, wherein the predefined assessments of the available the multiple congestion control techniques are related to categories of the conference data, wherein the determining the conference data includes obtaining or receiving the conference data from at least one of: a Home Subscriber Service (HSS), a presence server, and a conference object; the conference is a Session Initiated Protocol (SIP) conference; and the different optimum congestion control techniques control congestion on each of the plurality of different call legs associated with the different conference participants.