Remote Bandwidth Allocation

A system for remotely allocating bandwidth among content consumers on a computing network, the system comprising:

• a memory comprising instructions;
• and
• a processor configured to execute the instructions which, when executed, cause the processor to:
• create a profile for each flow of a plurality of flows of content from a content provider to a content consumer on a computing network;
• store information in each profile based on at least a metric associated with the corresponding flow;
• compute remotely a target bandwidth for each profile based on optimizing an aggregate objective pertaining to the plurality of flows and based on the information stored in their respective profiles;
• and
• distribute bandwidth to each flow of the plurality of flows based on the target bandwidth remotely computed for each profile.

A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising machine-readable instructions for causing a processor to execute a method for remotely allocating bandwidth among content consumers on a computing network, the method comprising:

• creating a profile for each flow of a plurality of flows of content from a content provider to a content consumer on a computing network;
• storing information in each profile based on at least a metric associated with the corresponding flow;
• computing remotely a target bandwidth for each profile based on optimizing an aggregate objective pertaining to the plurality of flows and based on the information stored in their respective profiles;
• and
• distributing bandwidth to each flow of the plurality of flows based on the target bandwidth remotely computed for each profile.