System and method for managing network traffic

摘要

A system and method for managing network traffic is disclosed. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a data switch having a controller element to transmit telemetry data representative of bandwidth usage by one or more users of the data switch. At least one higher bandwidth user can have an increased polling frequency based at least in part on a differential in upstream and downstream data transfer rates for the one or more users. Additional embodiments are disclosed.

主权项

1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium in a network proxy of a communication system, the storage medium being embedded with computer instructions for causing a computing device to perform the steps of:
polling a data switch according to a polling frequency to determine bandwidth usage of one or more users of the communication system; determining a peak bandwidth of each of the one or more users based at least in part on the bandwidth usage; identifying higher bandwidth users of the one or more users based at least in part on the peak bandwidth; and determining the at least one higher bandwidth users for increased polling frequency based at least in part on a differential in upstream and downstream data transfer rates for the one or more users.