METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK

摘要

The present invention describes a method and system for reserving transport resources in a communication network, wherein transport resources have to be reserved for data transmissions. The present invention can be used in any mobile or wireline network if there exists some resources that should be reserved and the reservation takes time. The solution for reserving resources described in the present invention can be used to trigger resource reservation and/or a setup of a resource, if the transport protocol session setup messages can be distinguished from other messages. In the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the need of resources is predicted by monitoring the TCP packets. The session level setup messages indicate the forthcoming arrival of data and trigger the resource allocation.