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Method for reserving bandwidth

US8004978B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Enterprise Communications GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Thomas Brandt · Hachenburg, DE
Stefan Honold · Birkenfeld, DE
Markus Messner · Biedermannsdorf, AT
Maria Schwarz · Wien, AT
Gerd Dieter Spahl · Puchheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 24, 2006
Grant date	Aug 23, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 30, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L47/70
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Method for reserving bandwidth in a packet-oriented network, in which a packet-oriented communication link is set up between a plurality of network elements using at least one communication path. In this case, an identification number which is unique to the communication link and is intended to identify the communication paths associated with the communication link is allocated. A bandwidth value for a respective communication path is then determined as the maximum bandwidth required by network elements in this communication path, and bandwidth in the respective communication path is reserved using the bandwidth value.

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