Boundary apparatus and method for establishing the network connection using a resource reserving function
US6760774B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 24, 2000 |
| Grant date | Jul 6, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 24, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L2012/5632
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A boundary apparatus on the transmission side provided on the boundary between an IP network accommodating a transmitting terminal and an ATM network separates the requests for bandwidth which are received from receiving terminals via boundary apparatuses on the reception side into a plurality of groups on the basis of a required bandwidth, establishes a point-multipoint connection between the boundary apparatus on the transmission side and each of the boundary apparatuses on the reception side for each group, and transmits the data from the transmitting terminal to each of the receiving terminals via the connection. When there is a change in the number of the requests for bandwidth due to the delivery of a new request for bandwidth or the interruption of a flow of requests, the boundary apparatus on the transmission side calculates the effective bandwidth allocation ratio of the group in which there is a change in the number of the requests for bandwidth, and if the effective bandwidth allocation ratio is not more than a preset value, the boundary apparatus separates the requests belonging to the group into two groups, and establishes a connection for each group.
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