SG11201901321PA - Dynamic congestion management - Google Patents

Abstract

INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property C.--.` Organization 1#1110111101110101011111 3E1 0 0111E11 01111111101111011111011 OEN International Bureau 03 (10) International Publication Number (43) International Publication Date .../ WO 2018/033858 Al 22 February 2018 (22.02.2018) WIP0 I PCT (51) International Patent Classification: (72) Inventor: MOUSSA, Hesham; Vintners Place, 68 Upper HO4L 12/815 (2013.01) H04L 12/801 (2013.01) Thames Street, London EC4V 3BJ (GB). HO4L 12/819 (2013.01) (74) Agent: BROSEMER, Jeffery J.; 100 Matawan Road, (21) International Application Number: Suite 120, Matawan, New Jersey 07747 (US). PCT/IB2017/054968 (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every (22) International Filing Date: 15 August 2017 (15.08.2017) kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, (25) Filing Language: English CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, (26) Publication Language: English HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, (30) Priority Data: 62/375,184 15 August 2016 (15.08.2016) US KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, (71) Applicant: TATA COMMUNICATIONS (UK) LIMIT- SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, ED [GB/GB]; Vintners Place, 68 Upper Thames Street, London EC4V 3BJ (GB). TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (54) Title: DYNAMIC CONGESTION MANAGEMENT = = 100 hi. = - = = = = _ ptr <e, ,, gam - = a. = = = 0' A, / = = 3(A) FIG. ,-, (57) : of the Disclosure Methods and systems for dynamic congestion management in communications networks that advan- Ot tageously provides a satisfactory Quality of Experience (QoE) of real time communication for network users. Congestion management 1 1 in ot is achieved wherein an ingress interface is monitored by a data processing system and when utilization of that interface exceeds a first M activation level a message is sent to a second data processing system wherein that second data processing system is a source for at least 0 en some of data packets traversing the ingress interface, wherein the first message indicates that traffic shaping is to occur in accordance —. with the first activation level and only if the utilization falls below a deactivation level, transmitting a second message to the second GC data 1-1 processing system wherein the second message indicates that traffic shaping is to stop. 0 N O [Continued on next page] WO 2018/033858 Al MIDEDIMOMOIDEIREIDIONINOMUMOMEHOIMIE (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Published: — with international search report (Art. 21(3))