Managing bandwidth in network supporting variable bit rate
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorDuncan M. Kitchin
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Abstract
A way of managing bandwidth in a network supporting variable bit rate is provided. An apparatus is provided that comprises an interface to transmit data to a receiving device. The apparatus comprises a controller that is communicatively coupled to the interface, the controller to detect a bit rate change event and transmit a first portion of the data using reserved bandwidth and a second portion of the data using unreserved bandwidth in response to detecting the bit rate change event.
Claims30
An apparatus, comprising:
- an interface to transmit data to a receiving device;
- and
- a controller communicatively coupled to the interface, the controller to detect a bit rate change event and transmit a first portion of the data using reserved bandwidth and a second portion of the data using unreserved bandwidth in response to detecting the bit rate change event.
An article comprising one or more machine-readable storage media containing instructions that when executed enable a processor to:
- detect a reduced transfer rate;
- and
- transmit a first portion of the data using reserved bandwidth and a second portion of the data using unreserved bandwidth in response to detecting the reduced transfer rate.
A method, comprising:
- receiving a first bandwidth reservation for transferring data at a pre-selected bit rate;
- and
- transmitting a first portion of the data over the first bandwidth reservation and a second portion of the data over unreserved bandwidth in response to determining that a current data transfer rate is less than the pre-selected bit rate.
A system, comprising:
- a wireless network hub;
- and
- a client to detect a bit rate change event and transmit a first portion of the data under a prior bandwidth agreement and a second portion of the data not under the prior bandwidth agreement to the wireless network hub in response to detecting the bit rate change event.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.