Policy-based admission control and bandwidth reservation for future sessions
US7788357B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 24, 2005 |
| Grant date | Aug 31, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 23, 2027 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/62
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for delivering content over a network, the method involving: receiving a request to establish a session at a future time T1 over the network, the requested session for transferring content between a content server and a subscriber's equipment; reserving network capacity necessary to support the requested future session; acknowledging to the requestor that network resources have been reserved for said requestor for time T1; and when current time reaches time T1, causing the requested session to be set up for transferring content between the content server and the subscriber's equipment.
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