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Allocations of Access Across a Communications Medium

  • US 20080112429A1
  • Filed: 10/19/2007
  • Published: 05/15/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/19/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of providing network access across a shared communications medium between competing users pursuant to service level agreements (SLAs) of the users, comprising the steps of:

  • determining whether each user has been assigned a forecast function;

    determining forecasted network access usage by each user during a future time interval;

    comparing said forecasted network access usage by each user with a predetermined threshold value;

    determining at least one candidate for modification of an service level agreement (SLA); and

    soliciting at least one candidate to modify an SLA related to that candidate.

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