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Quality of service setup on a time reservation basis

US9014059B2 · kind B2 · utility

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13References

39Claims

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Assignee

Thomson Licensing · FR

Inventors

John Richardson · Crystal Lake, US
Jens Cahnbley · Lüneburg, DE
Kumar Ramaswamy · San Jose, US

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 11, 2002
Grant date	Apr 21, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 2, 2026

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04N7/15
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a network having routing elements for routing information through the network, there is provided a method for providing an ability to set up a Quality of Service contract for a videoconference session between clients. A reservation is received for a time period for the videoconference session. Configuration information, for filtering real-time traffic corresponding to the videoconference session from other traffic traversing the network, is sent to at least one of the routing elements after the time period is reserved.

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