SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ALLOCATING BANDWIDTH TO PORTS IN A COMPUTER NETWORK

• US 20080037553A1
• Filed: 11/10/2006
• Published: 02/14/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Bellsouth Intellectual Property Corporation (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Bellsouth Intellectual Property Corporation (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Nathan, Madhusudhan, Gilmartin, Neil
• Application Number:
  US11/558,702
• Publication Number:
  US 20080037553A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/395.41
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/28 characterised by path configuration, e.g. LAN [Local Area Networks] or WAN [Wide Area Networks] wireless communication networks H04W ; arrangements for dividing the transmission path H04W40/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/082 the condition being updates or upgrades of network functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0896 Bandwidth or capacity management, i.e. automatically increasing or decreasing capacities flow or congestion control using dynamic resource allocation, e.g. in-call renegotiation, H04L47/76
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5022 by giving priorities, e.g. assigning classes of service
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5054 Automatic deployment of services triggered by the service manager, e.g. service implementation by automatic configuration of network components
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5087 wherein the managed service relates to voice services management of VoIP services H04M7/0081
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/509 wherein the managed service relates to media content delivery, e.g. audio, video or TV
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5093 wherein the managed service relates to messaging or chat services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/00 Arrangements for monitoring or testing data switching networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0829 Packet loss
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0852 Delays
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/087 Jitter
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/15 in relation to multipoint traffic arrangements for broadcast or multicast in data networks H04L12/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/52 by attributing bandwidth to queues
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/70 Admission control; Resource allocation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/805 QOS or priority aware
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/822 Collecting or measuring resource availability data
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 49/30 Peripheral units, e.g. input or output ports

Abstract

A system and a method for allocating bandwidth to ports in a computer network are provided. The method includes generating a default global parameter template having a first set of control parameters that indicate a first desired allocation of bandwidth for queues associated with each port of a plurality of ports in the network. The method further includes generating a first global parameter template having a second set of control parameters that indicate a second desired allocation of bandwidth for queues associated with a first subset of the plurality of ports.

Claims

1. A method for allocating bandwidth to ports in a computer network, comprising:

generating a default global parameter template having a first set of control parameters that indicate a first desired allocation of bandwidth for queues associated with each port of a plurality of ports in the network;

updating a plurality of bandwidth allocation and tracking tables associated with the plurality of ports, based on the default global parameter template, each bandwidth allocation and tracking table of the plurality of bandwidth allocation and tracking tables indicating the bandwidth for queues associated with a port of the plurality of ports;

generating a first global parameter template having a second set of control parameters that indicate a second desired allocation of bandwidth for queues associated with a first subset of the plurality of ports that support a predetermined type of routing service; and

updating a first subset of the plurality of bandwidth allocation and tracking tables associated with the first subset of the plurality of ports, based on the first global parameter template.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

when either the default global parameter template or the first global parameter template is defined to control a second subset of the plurality of ports, the inventory computer system allowing a user to define an override to modify any parameter defined in either the default global parameter template or the first global parameter template associated with the second subset of the plurality of ports.

3. A system for allocating bandwidth to ports in a computer network, comprising:

an inventory computer system configured to generate a default global parameter template having a first set of control parameters that indicate a first desired allocation of bandwidth for queues associated with each port of a plurality of ports in the network, the inventory computer system further configured to update a plurality of bandwidth allocation and tracking tables associated with the plurality of ports, based on the default global parameter template, each bandwidth allocation and tracking table of the plurality of bandwidth allocation and tracking tables indicating the bandwidth for queues associated with a port of the plurality of ports, the inventory computer system further configured to generate a first global parameter template having a second set of control parameters that indicate a second desired allocation of bandwidth for queues associated with a first subset of the plurality of ports in the network that support a predetermined type of routing service, the inventory computer system further configured to update a first subset of the plurality of bandwidth allocation and tracking tables associated with the first subset of the plurality of ports, based on the first global parameter template.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein when either the default global parameter template or the first global parameter template is defined to control a second subset of the plurality of ports, the inventory computer system allowing a user to define an override to modify any parameter defined in either the default global parameter template or the first global parameter template associated with the second subset of the plurality of ports.