DATA BANDWIDTH MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD

摘要

A system for managing and allocating data bandwidth to a client device comprising a monitoring and traffic management module disposed within the client device, the monitoring and traffic management module arranged to monitor data usage on the client device; and a data traffic manager operable allocate data bandwidth to the client device and receive a request from the monitoring and traffic management module; the request including an instruction to the data traffic manager to allocate a suitable data bandwidth to the client device depending on data usage. The invention is conveniently suited for use in telecommunications system and does not require modifications to be made to existing telecommunications system.