SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC BANDWIDTH ADJUSTMENTS FOR CELLULAR INTERFACES IN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT

摘要

A method is provided in one example embodiment and may include determining a predicted average throughput for each of one or more cellular interfaces and adjusting bandwidth for each of the one or more of the cellular interfaces based, at least in part, on the predicted average throughput determined for each of the one or more cellular interfaces. Another method can be provided, which may include determining a variance in path metrics for multiple cellular interfaces and updating a routing table for the cellular interfaces using the determined variance if there is a difference between the determined variance and a previous variance determined for the cellular interfaces. Another method can be provided, which may include monitoring watermark thresholds for a MAC buffer; generating an interrupt when a particular watermark threshold for the MAC buffer is reached; and adjusting enqueueing of uplink packets into the MAC buffer based on the interrupt.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
monitoring watermark thresholds for a Media Access Control (MAC) buffer of a cellular modem, wherein the MAC buffer is configured to enqueue a plurality of packets that are scheduled to be transmitted by the cellular modem; generating an interrupt when a particular watermark threshold for the MAC buffer is reached; and adjusting an enqueuing of uplink packets into the MAC buffer based on the interrupt.