System and Method for Estimating an Effective Bandwidth
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1. A method of estimating an effective bandwidth of a traffic source, the method comprising:
- obtaining a first traffic pattern from a first traffic source;
setting a first effective bandwidth between a mean data rate of the first traffic source and a peak data rate of the first traffic source; and
determining a first outage rate of the first traffic source in accordance with the first traffic pattern and the first effective bandwidth.
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a method for a method of estimating an effective bandwidth of a traffic source includes obtaining a first traffic pattern from a first traffic source. Also, the method includes setting a first effective bandwidth between a mean data rate of the first traffic source and a peak data rate of the first traffic source. Additionally, the method includes determining a first outage rate of the first traffic source in accordance with the first traffic pattern and the first effective bandwidth.
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1. A method of estimating an effective bandwidth of a traffic source, the method comprising:
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obtaining a first traffic pattern from a first traffic source; setting a first effective bandwidth between a mean data rate of the first traffic source and a peak data rate of the first traffic source; and determining a first outage rate of the first traffic source in accordance with the first traffic pattern and the first effective bandwidth. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A gateway comprising:
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a processor; and a computer readable storage medium storing programming for execution by the processor, the programming including instructions to obtain a traffic pattern from a traffic source, set an effective bandwidth between a mean data rate of the traffic source and a peak data rate of the traffic source, and determine an outage rate of the traffic source in accordance with the traffic pattern and the effective bandwidth.
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