Patent ID: 8412850

Claim:
A network communication method, comprising: prior to a transport of audio/video data from a first device to a second device, reserving a level of bandwidth for said transport for a duration of an entire communication session established over one or more Ethernet links between said first device and said second device so that said level of bandwidth guaranteed, said reservation being performed across one or more bridge devices between said first device and said second device using a time synchronization protocol that exchanges timing information that enables synchronization of a first clock in said first device with a second clock in said second device; prior to an initiation of said transport of said audio/video data, determining a level of compression for said audio/video data based on said reserved level of bandwidth for said duration of said entire communication session; compressing said audio/video data at said determined level of compression; and transmitting said compressed audio/video data from said first device to said second device.