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Admission control system and method for media-on-demand servers

  • US 6,330,609 B1
  • Filed: 11/07/1997
  • Issued: 12/11/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/07/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a server system having a predetermined total bandwidth providing data files to a plurality of clients in response to requests received from said clients, a method for providing admission control comprises the steps of:

  • dividing said predetermined total bandwidth into a plurality of channel partitions;

    allocating said plurality of channel partitions to a plurality of channel groups such that each channel group includes one or more of said channel partitions;

    obtaining a channel group number for a data file based on the length of said data file requested by one of said clients; and

    transmitting said requested data file when a channel group corresponding to said channel group number contains a vacant channel partition.

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