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Method and system for managing quality of service in a network

US7426560B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 27, 2002
Grant dateSep 16, 2008
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Expiry dateJan 29, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L41/5054
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

According to embodiments, the present invention comprises a method and system for managing support of quality of service requirements for various clients of a telecommunications network at a server level. Servers assigned to the various clients may include quality of service descriptors that identify relative priorities of the clients. In the event of a failure or reduced performance of a server, for example, an assignment of respective servers to respective clients may be changed based on the relative priorities of the respective clients.

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