Dynamic bandwidth management using routing signals in networks with direct peerings
US8959203B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 19, 2011 |
| Grant date | Feb 17, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 5, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L47/00
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for dynamic bandwidth management using routing signals in a network implementing direct peerings. A system includes a resource collection, an endpoint device connected to a private link of a network path to a client network, and a bandwidth manager. The bandwidth manager receives configuration settings of the client, comprising a baseline transmission rate of traffic. The bandwidth manager determines whether a difference between a measured transmission rate of traffic over one or more network paths linking the resource collection and the client network, and a peak transmission capacity of the one or more network paths, exceeds a threshold value. In response to a determination that the difference exceeds the threshold value, the bandwidth manager initiates a transmission of a routing signal to the client network indicative of an available transmission rate that differs from the baseline transmission rate.
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