Adaptive quality of service policy for dynamic networks

摘要

A close-loop quality of service system is provided that collects real-time network performance indicators at the physical, data link and network layers. Using those indicators, the system dynamically controls the network traffic in order to achieve improved performance according to the priority and policy defined by a data user or system/network administrator. Several features of this quality of service system includes (1) dynamic maximum bandwidth reallocation, (2) dynamic maximum packet sizing, (3) adaptive policing, and/or (4) real-time link status feedbacks to make more efficient use of available bandwidth and adjust to transmission requirements.

主权项

1. A method for adaptive bandwidth reallocation for quality of service policy of a dynamic communication link comprising:
receiving digital information from one or more sources; organizing the digital information into packets, each packet associated with one of a plurality of service classes; dynamically adjusting a quality of service policy to control network traffic when network performance indicators change; and transmitting the packets according to a predefined quality of service policy; wherein the dynamically adjusting the quality of service policy comprises reallocating maximum bandwidth per service class to improve overall quality of service.