| 摘要 |
In a telecommunications network having a bandwidth manager and a plurality of switching nodes and links there-between, each link having defined bandwidth, where the telecommunications network is arranged to transmit one or more different traffic types between a pair of switching nodes and each link has a link manager and each traffic type has a traffic type manager there is a method of allocating bandwidth to different traffic wherein: each traffic type manager produces bids for bandwidth for its traffic type according to a common algorithm for the network; each link manager reconciles the bids for its link and informs the traffic type managers of the allocated bandwidths; each traffic type manager can change its bids if the allocated bandwidth does not fit with the requirements of its calls; whereupon the bids are resubmitted and the link managers again reconcile the bids; this process continues until no further changes are made by the traffic manager; the link managers inform the switching nodes of the new bandwidth allocated to each traffic type on each link; the traffic type managers allocate their bandwidth to their individual calls (if required) and inform the calling terminals of their new bandwidth. <IMAGE> |
