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Responding to quality of service events in a multi-layered communication system

US8423630B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 1, 2004
Grant dateApr 16, 2013
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Expiry dateAug 24, 2030

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L2012/5665
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for providing broadband communications over a multi-layer network having a plurality of Open System Interconnection layers. The method stores information in a memory, the information indicating for each of a plurality of communication resources within the multi-layer network, one or more layers of the network with which that communication resource is associated. The method monitors the multi-layer network to detect a quality of service event that has occurred at a first of a plurality of communication resources, and in response to the monitoring, uses the information to determine a layer of the multi-layer network that is associated with the first of the plurality of communication resources. The method responds to the quality of the service event by changing provisioning of the multi-layer network at a layer that is different from the layer of the multi-layer network that is associated with the first of the plurality of communication resources.

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