Claims
- 1. A method for data transmission rate control in a network comprising:
receiving a packet transmission, said packet transmission comprising classification data; classifying the packet transmission based on the classification data; identifying an access point corresponding to the packet transmission; determining a data transmission rate based on the access point.
- 2. The method of claim 1 wherein said step of classifying comprises accessing a classification table, said classification table comprising classification information.
- 3. The method of claim 2 wherein said step of classifying comprises determining if the packet transmission is enforced.
- 4. The method of claim 1 wherein said step of identifying a host comprises determining information in the packet transmission.
- 5. The method of claim 4 wherein information in the packet transmission comprises one of an IP address, TOS protocol or DCSP protocol.
- 6. The method of claim 1 wherein said step of identifying an access point comprises accessing a database, said database comprising mapping information between a wireless host and an access point.
- 7. The method of claim 1 wherein the network is a wireless LAN network.
- 8. The method of claim 1 wherein said step of determining a data transmission rate further comprises receiving host information, said host information comprising information on corresponding active voice sessions.
- 9. The method of claim 8 wherein the host information further comprises mapping information between a host and a corresponding access point.
- 10. The method of claim 9 wherein said data transmission rate is determined based on the number of corresponding active voice sessions.
- 11. The method of claim 10 wherein the host information is received from a management entity.
- 12. The method of claim 1 wherein said step of determining a data transmission rate further comprises receiving an IP layer header associated with a data packet, said IP layer header comprising a destination address and classification information.
- 13. The method of claim 12 wherein the IP layer header further comprises active voice session information.
- 14. The method of claim 1 further comprising providing the data transmission rate to an access point.
- 15. An apparatus for providing a data transmission rate comprising:
a classification module for classifying a data packet; an access point identification module connected to the classification module for mapping a host address with a corresponding access point; a rate enforcing module connected to the access point identification module for providing a data transmission rate corresponding to the access point.
- 16. The apparatus of claim 15 wherein the classification module classifies the data packet as an enforced or non-enforced data packet.
- 17. The apparatus of claim 16 further comprising a database coupled to the classification module, the database comprising a list of quality of service identification information for at least one data packet.
- 18. The apparatus of claim 17 wherein the database further comprises a list of enforced or non-enforced classification information corresponding to the quality of service identification information for each data packet.
- 19. The apparatus of claim 15 further comprising a database coupled to the access point identification module, the database comprising a list of host address information.
- 20. The apparatus of claim 19 wherein the database further comprises a list of access point identification information, corresponding to each host address information.
- 21. The apparatus of claim 20 wherein the host address information comprises one of an IP address or MAC address corresponding to a host.
- 22. The apparatus of claim 20 wherein the access point identification information comprises one of an access point identifier or MAC address corresponding to an access point.
- 23. The apparatus of claim 15 further comprising a module for determining an enforced data rate for data transmission.
- 24. The apparatus of claim 23 wherein the module for determining an enforced data rate comprises a database, said database comprising access point identification information.
- 25. The apparatus of claim 24 wherein the database further comprises rate parameters, said rate parameters corresponding to the access point identification information.
- 26. The apparatus of claim 25 wherein the rate parameters comprise one of average rate or burst size.
- 27. A system for data transmission rate control in a network comprising:
a rate determining device for providing a data transmission rate for a network element; a rate control device for providing a transmission rate for a data packet to a plurality of network elements; wherein the rate determining device comprises an enforced rate table, the enforced rate table comprising data rate information corresponding to an access point; wherein the rate control device determines a wireless host and access point corresponding to the data transmission and provides the enforced data rate information to the access point.
- 28. A system for data transmission rate control in a network comprising:
a rate control device for providing a transmission rate for a data packet to a plurality of network elements; a plurality of access points connected to the rate control device for transmitting data at said transmission rate to a host device.
- 29. The system of claim 28 further comprising a rate determining device connected to the rate control device for providing enforced rate parameters to the rate control device, said enforced rate parameters corresponding to at least one access point.
- 30. The system of claim 28 wherein the rate control device provides the transmission rate for the data packet to a designated access, point based on said enforced rate parameters corresponding to said designated access point.
Parent Case Info
[0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/427,186, filed Nov. 19, 2002, incorporated herein in its entirety.
Provisional Applications (1)
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60427186 |
Nov 2002 |
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