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US 7,453,803 B1Granted
Congestion control for packet communications
AssigneeSprint Communications Company L.P.
InventorMichael K. Bugenhagen
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Abstract
A media gateway controller that includes an interface configured to receive a call request for a call from a communication device and transmit a control message for the call to the communication device. The media gateway controller also includes a processor configured to process the call request to determine an end point for the call, determine an end point state for the end point, and generate the control message indicating the end point state.
Claims18
A method of operating a media gateway controller, the method comprising:
- receiving a plurality of call requests for a call transmitted from a communication device at a transmission rate;
- processing at least one of the plurality of call requests to determine an end point for the call;
- determining an end point state for the end point;
- and
- transmitting a control message for the call to the communication device indicating the end point state wherein the control message indicates a push-back instruction instructing the communication device to reduce the transmission rate at which the communication device transmits the plurality of call requests.
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A media gateway controller comprising:
- an interface configured to receive a plurality of call requests for a call transmitted from a communication device at a transmission rate and transmit a control message for the call to the communication device;
- and
- a processor configured to process at least one of the plurality of call requests to determine an end point for the call, determine an end point state for the end point, and generate the control message indicating the end point state wherein the control message indicates a push-back instruction instructing the communication device to reduce the transmission rate at which the communication device transmits the plurality of call requests.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.