Communication management system and method
AssigneeBigband Networks, Inc.
InventorsRan Oz, Nery Strasman, Amir Bassan-Eskenazi, Andrey Yruski, Oded Golan
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Abstract
Broadband multimedia system including a communication bus, a router, connected to the communication bus and further between a plurality of media sources and a plurality of network transmitters, a session manager, connected to communication bus, where the session manager provides routing instructions to the router, for directing data received from the media sources to the network transmitters for transmitting over a broadband network.
Claims11
Method for managing sessions, comprising the steps of:
- in response to an init-session request,
- determining compliance of said init-session request with at least one general policy rule and denying said init-session request when detecting non-compliance of said init-session request with said at least one general policy rule;
- otherwise
- determining compliance of said init-session request with at least one network policy rule and denying said init-session request when detecting non-compliance of said init-session request with said at least one network policy rule;
- otherwise
- determining compliance of said init-session request with at least one bandwidth usage policy rule and denying said init-session request when detecting non-compliance of said init-session request with said at least one bandwidth usage policy rule;
- otherwise
- detecting whether said init-session request requires channels and bandwidth resources which are greater than available channels and bandwidth resources and denying said init-session request when detecting that said init-session request requires channels and bandwidth resources which are greater than the available channels and bandwidth resources;
- otherwise
- authorizing said init-session request.
A method for managing sessions at a shared area level, comprising:
- determining whether or not an init-session request complies with at least one shared area session policy rule, and, if not denying said init-session request;
- otherwise
- determining if the bandwidth requirement of the session associated with said init session request, is no greater than the available bandwidth within channels of said shared area;
- detecting an additional channel to be assigned to said shared area when said bandwidth requirement are greater than the available bandwidth within said channels of said shared area;
- and
- denying an init-session request when said additional channel can not be detected or when said additional channel can not be added to said shared area.
Method for dynamic network restructuring, comprising the steps of:
- in response to an init-session request,
- determining if a bandwidth requirement of a session associated with said init-session request is greater than available bandwidth within a shared area and denying said init-session request when the bandwidth requirement of the session associated with said init-session request, is greater than the available bandwidth within said shared area;
- and
- determining if a channel equipment requirement of said session is unavailable within said shared area and denying said init-session request when the channel equipment requirement of said session, is unavailable within said shared area;
- otherwise
- allocating channel and bandwidth for said session.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.