Quality of service management for source routing multimedia packet networks
Patent 5461611 Issued on October 24, 1995. Estimated Expiration Date: 
June 7, 2014. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
June 7, 2014. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent ReferencesDistributed switching system Traffic management in packet communications networks Dynamic bandwidth estimation and adaptation for packet communications networks Inter-domain multicast routing System and method for bandwidth reservation for multimedia traffic in communication networks Patent #: 5388097 InventorsApplicationNo. 255219 filed on 06/07/1994US Classes:370/420, For connecting plural subscribers to a network (i.e., network termination)370/463Details of circuit or interface for connecting user to the networkExaminersPrimary: Olms, Douglas W.Assistant: Hom, Shick Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassH04Q 011/00AbstractA management system for local area networks ensures selected levels of quality of service to all transmission requests submitted to the management system. This management system is attached to the network and receives requests from all other stations on the network to reserve facilities for a particular quality of service data stream. An allocator in the management system determines if the requested facilities are available and, if so, reserves these facilities for the requesting station. If the facilities are not available, the request is denied. A hierarchical data base containing all of the current parameters of all of the network resources and all of the currently supported data streams is used to support the allocation process. | |
