Prioritization of network connections through advanced traffic categorization

A network connected device comprising:

• a transceiver configured to receive network traffic from a network;
• a memory coupled to the transceiver;
• and
• a processor coupled to the memory and the transceiver, the processor configured to:
• decompose the network traffic into a plurality of data flows based on source information and destination information;
• store the plurality of data flows in a traffic map, each entry of the traffic map includes a data flow identification and traffic information of the data flow in an observation time window, wherein the data flow identification information includes a set of conversations, each conversation is a tuple defined by combining the source information and the destination information, and wherein each conversation is a link between the memory and a host;
• determine a service type for each of the data flows using machine learning;
• and
• prioritize a first data flow over a second data flow in the plurality of data flows based on the service type.