Methods and apparatus for managing network resources used by multimedia streams in a virtual pipe
First Claim
1. A method by a pipe control node for managing network resources that are used to transport network traffic, the method comprising:
- allocating network resources to a virtual pipe for transporting a plurality of multimedia streams through the network;
monitoring utilization of the network resources by the plurality of multimedia streams transported through the virtual pipe relative to the network resources allocated to the virtual pipe;
managing the network resources that are used by the plurality of multimedia streams transported through the virtual pipe in response to the monitored utilization;
determining whether a particular network traffic transports a video stream, wherein the determining further comprisescomparing a source address of the video stream to a known list of source addresses providing video streams; and
including the particular network traffic in the virtual pipe in response to the particular network traffic transports a video stream, and otherwise excluding the particular network traffic from utilization of the network resources allocated to the virtual pipe, in response to the particular network traffic not transporting a video stream.
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Abstract
Some embodiments are directed to a method performed by a pipe control node for managing network resources that are used to transport network traffic. The method includes allocating network resources to a virtual pipe for transporting a plurality of multimedia streams through the network. Utilization of the network resources by the plurality of multimedia streams transported through the virtual pipe is monitored relative to the network resources allocated to the virtual pipe. The network resources that are used by the plurality of multimedia streams transported through the virtual pipe are managed in response to the monitored utilization. Some other embodiments are directed to a corresponding pipe control node that manages network resources which are used to transport network traffic.
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16 Claims
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1. A method by a pipe control node for managing network resources that are used to transport network traffic, the method comprising:
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allocating network resources to a virtual pipe for transporting a plurality of multimedia streams through the network; monitoring utilization of the network resources by the plurality of multimedia streams transported through the virtual pipe relative to the network resources allocated to the virtual pipe; managing the network resources that are used by the plurality of multimedia streams transported through the virtual pipe in response to the monitored utilization; determining whether a particular network traffic transports a video stream, wherein the determining further comprises comparing a source address of the video stream to a known list of source addresses providing video streams; and including the particular network traffic in the virtual pipe in response to the particular network traffic transports a video stream, and otherwise excluding the particular network traffic from utilization of the network resources allocated to the virtual pipe, in response to the particular network traffic not transporting a video stream. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A pipe control node that manages network resources which are used to transport network traffic, the pipe control node comprising circuitry configured to:
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allocate network resources to a virtual pipe for transporting a plurality of multimedia streams through the network; monitor utilization of the network resources by the plurality of multimedia streams transported through the virtual pipe relative to the network resources allocated to the virtual pipe; manage the network resources that are used by the plurality of multimedia streams transported through the virtual pipe in response to the monitored utilization; determine whether a particular network traffic transports a video stream by comparing a source address of the video stream to a known list of source addresses providing video streams; and include the particular network traffic in the virtual pipe in response to the particular network traffic transporting a video stream, and otherwise excluding the particular network traffic from utilization of the network resources allocated to the virtual pipe in response to the particular network traffic not transporting a video stream. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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