Methods, computer program products, and modules for dynamically allocating bandwidth of a subscriber line
First Claim
1. A method of allocating bandwidth to a subscriber line that carries packets for communication between devices networked across a wide area network, the method comprising:
- analyzing at a wide area network access module, which connects the subscriber line to the wide area network, at least one of the packets in a packet stream to identify a type of protocol associated with the analyzed packet that is indicative of a bandwidth of the packet stream;
varying bandwidth allocated to the subscriber line by the wide area network access module in response to the indicated bandwidth of the packet stream; and
constraining packet communications through the subscriber line to no more than the allocated bandwidth.
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Abstract
Methods, modules, and computer program products for allocating bandwidth to a subscriber line that carries packet communications between devices networked across a wide area network are disclosed. At a wide area network access module that connects the subscriber line to the wide area network, at least one of the packets in a packet stream are analyzed to identify a type of protocol associated with the analyzed packet that is indicative of a bandwidth of the packet stream. The wide area network access module varies the bandwidth that is allocated to the subscriber line in response to the indicated; bandwidth of the packet stream. Packet communications through the subscriber line are constrained to no more than the allocated bandwidth.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of allocating bandwidth to a subscriber line that carries packets for communication between devices networked across a wide area network, the method comprising:
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analyzing at a wide area network access module, which connects the subscriber line to the wide area network, at least one of the packets in a packet stream to identify a type of protocol associated with the analyzed packet that is indicative of a bandwidth of the packet stream; varying bandwidth allocated to the subscriber line by the wide area network access module in response to the indicated bandwidth of the packet stream; and constraining packet communications through the subscriber line to no more than the allocated bandwidth. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A wide area network access module that is configured to connect a subscriber line to a wide area network and to communicate therebetween packets for communication between networked subscriber devices, the wide area network access module comprising:
a controller that is configured to analyze at least one of the packets in a packet stream to identify a type of protocol associated with the analyzed packet that is indicative of a bandwidth of the packet stream, to allocate bandwidth to the subscriber line in response to the indicated bandwidth of the packet stream, and to constrain data communications through the subscriber line to no more than the allocated bandwidth.
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