System and method of communicating a media stream

A computer-readable storage device comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

• measuring port usage data related to each of a plurality of physical ports associated with a link aggregation group;
• estimating a bandwidth requirement of a requested media stream;
• when the requested media stream comprises non-video data:
• selecting a port of the plurality of physical ports in accordance with a static bandwidth allocation;
• and
• sending the requested media stream to a destination device via the selected port;
• and
• when the requested media stream comprises video data:
• identifying a least loaded physical port of the link aggregation group;
• determining whether an estimated total traffic load of the least loaded physical port exceeds a threshold, wherein the estimated total traffic load is a sum of the estimated bandwidth requirement of the requested media stream and a traffic load of the least loaded physical port;
• in response to a determination that the estimated total traffic load of the least loaded physical port does not exceed the threshold, sending the requested media stream to the destination device via the least loaded physical port;
• and
• in response to a determination that the estimated total traffic load of the least loaded physical port exceeds the threshold:
• dropping an existing media stream at the least loaded physical port and sending the requested media stream to the destination device via the least loaded physical port;
• or
• rejecting transmission of the requested media stream.

A system comprising:

• a link aggregating group comprising a plurality of physical ports;
• a processor;
• and
• a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to:
• measure port usage data related to each of the plurality of physical ports associated with the link aggregation group;
• estimate a bandwidth requirement of a requested media stream;
• when the requested media stream comprises non-video data:
• select a port of the plurality of physical ports in accordance with a static bandwidth allocation;
• and
• send the requested media stream to a destination device via the selected port;
• and
• when the requested media stream comprises video data:
• identify a least loaded physical port of the link aggregation group based;
• determine whether an estimated total traffic load of the least loaded physical port exceeds a threshold, wherein the estimated total traffic load is a sum of the estimated bandwidth requirement of the requested media stream and a traffic load of the least loaded physical port;
• in response to a determination that the estimated total traffic load of the least loaded physical port does not exceed the threshold, send the requested media stream to the destination device via the least loaded physical port;
• and
• in response to a determination that the estimated total traffic load of the least loaded physical port exceeds the threshold:
• drop an existing media stream at the least loaded physical port and send the requested media stream to the destination device via the least loaded physical port;
• or
• reject transmission of the requested media stream.