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Adaptive, application-aware selection of differentiated network services

  • US 7,496,661 B1
  • Filed: 03/29/2004
  • Issued: 02/24/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. In a network environment including a computer network operable to provide differentiated services to data flows based on tags or other identifiers associated with the packets in the data flows, wherein the differentiated services comprise a first service level and a second service level;

  • a method comprising;

    monitoring the performance of a network application involving the transfer of packets between a first set of hosts and a second set of hosts over the computer network; and

    conditionally designating the packets for a selected service level supported by the computer network based on the monitored performance of the network application.

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