RECOGNIZING AUDIO AND VIDEO STREAMS OVER PPP LINKS IN THE ABSENCE OF AN ANNOUNCEMENT PROTOCOL
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1. A method for improving data communications based on quality of service (“
- QOS”
) for Point-to-Point Protocol (“
PPP”
) links comprising;
identifying a multimedia packet from a data stream; and
prioritizing the packet according to information in said packet.
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Abstract
Enhancing quality of network service for multimedia streams by recognizing audio and video packets over Point-to-Point Protocol links independent of the presence of announcement protocols comprises identifying multimedia packets from data streams and prioritizing each packet according to information that each packet carries.
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28 Claims
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1. A method for improving data communications based on quality of service (“
- QOS”
) for Point-to-Point Protocol (“
PPP”
) links comprising;
identifying a multimedia packet from a data stream; and
prioritizing the packet according to information in said packet. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An apparatus for improving quality of network service over PPP links comprising:
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means for determining multimedia data packets from input streams; and
means for assigning a priority class to each packet. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system comprising:
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a processing control code; and
an application interface coupled to said processing control code, said application interface configured to enhance Quality Of Service (“
QOS”
) over Point-to-Point (“
PPP”
) links by identifying multimedia packets from input frames and prioritizing all packets independent from presence of announcement protocols. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. An article of manufacture for use in a computer system for improving quality of network service for multimedia streams over PPP links, the article of manufacture comprising a computer usable medium having computer readable program code means embodied in the medium, the program code comprising:
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means for causing a computer to identify multimedia packets from data streams independent from preserve of announcement protocols; and
means for causing a computer to prioritizing all packets according to data carried. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28)
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