Method and system for distributive flow control and bandwidth management in a network

A system for distributive flow control and bandwidth management in networks, the system comprising:

• multiple Internet Protocol (IP) Gateways (IPGWs) that each have a maximum send rate and one or more sessions with associated throughput criteria, wherein each IPGW performs flow control by limiting information flows by the respective maximum send rate and throughput criteria;
• multiple Code Rate Organizers (CROs) that each have a bandwidth capacity, wherein each CRO performs bandwidth allocation of its respective bandwidth capacity to one or more IPGWs of the multiple IPGWs;
• and
• a bandwidth manager to perform bandwidth management across the multiple CROs and IPGWs,
• wherein
• the multiple IPGWs are interconnected with the multiple CROs, and
• an IPGW of the multiple IPGWs provides flow control across a plurality of the CROs of the multiple CROs, and a CRO of the multiple CROs allocates bandwidth to a plurality of the IPGWs of the multiple IPGWs.

A method for distributive flow control and bandwidth management in networks, the method comprising:

• providing multiple network gateways that each have a maximum send rate and one or more sessions with associated throughput criteria, wherein each network gateway performs flow control by limiting information flows by the respective maximum send rate and throughput criteria;
• providing multiple access channels that each have a bandwidth capacity, wherein each access channel performs bandwidth allocation of its respective bandwidth capacity to one or more network gateways of the multiple network gateways;
• interconnecting the multiple network gateways with the multiple access channels;
• and
• performing bandwidth management across the multiple access channels and network gateways,
• wherein a network gateway of the multiple network gateways provides flow control across a plurality of the access channels of the multiple access channels, and an access channel of the multiple access channels allocates bandwidth to a plurality of the network gateways of the multiple network gateways.