Patent ID: 8379517

Claim:
A method of providing call admission control of multiple bit-rate applications, the method comprising: identifying, in a digital communication system, allowable bit-rate levels and associated priority levels of an incoming multiple bit-rate call; determining if said incoming multiple bit-rate call can be admitted to the digital communication system, at a first, maximum requested bit-rate level and associated minimum priority level; when said incoming multiple bit-rate call cannot be admitted at the first, maximum requested bit-rate level and associated minimum priority level, selecting a lower allowable bit-rate level and associated higher priority level for said incoming multiple bit-rate call; repeating both said determining step, with the selected lower allowable bit-rate level and associated higher priority level in each iteration, and the selecting step, until said incoming multiple bit-rate call can be admitted; and admitting said multiple bit-rate call at a last-selected lower allowable bit-rate level and associated higher priority level.