System and method for allocating bandwidth in a communications environment

A method for allocating bandwidth in a communications environment, comprising:

• receiving one or more data streams associated with one or more subscribers at a voice gateway;
• implementing one or more algorithms associated with traffic management of the data streams in order to generate a designated bandwidth value associated with one or more of the data streams;
• and
• assigning the designated bandwidth value to one or more of the data streams based one or more of the algorithms that use an aggregation of one or more activity characteristics associated with a selected one or more of the subscribers.

A computer readable medium having code operable based on computer instructions for allocating bandwidth in a communications environment, the code operable to:

• receive one or more data streams associated with one or more subscribers at a voice gateway;
• implement one or more algorithms associated with traffic management of the data streams in order to generate a designated bandwidth value associated with one or more of the data streams;
• and
• assign the designated bandwidth value to one or more of the data streams based one or more of the algorithms that use an aggregation of one or more activity characteristics associated with a selected one or more of the subscribers.