Patent Document ID: 8665715
Application ID: 13112254
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. An opaque network used by multiple nodes for transmitting data loads generated by applications operating at each node comprising: a plurality of nodes outside the opaque network, each node containing at least one application, an admission controller and a measurement agent; each application requesting permission from the associated admission controller to transmit a burst of packets; said measurement agent monitoring volume of traffic sent and received by the associated node and periodically reporting the monitored information; and said admission controller receiving the monitored information from the associated measurement agent and probabilistically determining whether to admit or deny the burst; wherein said admission controller reduces admitted traffic load of lower priority traffic by reducing the admission rate of lower priority traffic class based on independent observed throughput at each sender node, where the throughput is defined as the ratio of received traffic volume at the destination nodes to sent traffic volume at the source node and is computed by the source node's admission controller.