Quality of service setup on a time reservation basis

摘要

In a network having routing elements for routing information through the network, there is provided a method for providing an ability to set up a Quality of Service contract for a videoconference session between clients. A reservation is received for a time period for the videoconference session. Configuration information, for filtering real-time traffic corresponding to the videoconference session from other traffic traversing the network, is sent to at least one of the routing elements after the time period is reserved.

主权项

1. In a network having routing elements for routing information through the network, a method for setting up a Quality of Service (QoS) contract for a session between clients, the method comprising the steps of:
receiving a reservation for a future time period for the session; sending configuration information including clients participating in the session, source and destination IP address, client capabilities, information about particular codecs, and status details of clients, to at least one of the routing elements only when the reserved time period has been reached for filtering real-time traffic corresponding to the session from other non-real-time traffic traversing the network during the session; and contacting the at least one of the routing elements to remove the configuration information upon an expiration of the session, regardless of whether said expiration of the session occurs before or after the end of the reserved time period.