Method and system for monitoring traffic to optimize the bandwidth reserved to an audio channel connection in a high speed digital network
US5912894A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 22, 1997 |
| Grant date | Jun 15, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 22, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04M7/12
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
This invention deals with a method and system for dynamically adjusting the communication bandwidth assigned to an audio channel connection in a high speed digital network. More particularly, the invention is made to track the activity of a voice assigned connection (e.g. a PBX or PABX entry to the network), define a so-called activity bit for each block of audio channel signal and then dynamically adjust the assigned network communication bandwidth accordingly. Adjustment of the communication bandwidth is accomplished by integrating the audio channel activity bits through a predefined integration function, the result of which is then compared against predefined threshold values in order to determine an appropriate bandwidth setting for the audio channel.
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