	US 12,113,710 B2
	Method and system for managing access congestion
Kamakshi Sridhar, Plano, TX (US); Ty Sayers, Waterloo (CA); and Alexander Osman, Dubai (AE)
Assigned to Sandvine Corporation, Waterloo (CA)
Filed by Sandvine Corporation, Waterloo (CA)
Filed on Apr. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/301,408.
Application 18/301,408 is a continuation of application No. 17/232,956, filed on Apr. 16, 2021, granted, now 11,632,328.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/011,399, filed on Apr. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0254252 A1, Aug. 10, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 47/122 (2022.01); H04L 47/10 (2022.01); H04L 47/283 (2022.01); H04L 47/762 (2022.01); H04L 47/78 (2022.01); H04L 47/80 (2022.01)

CPC H04L 47/122 (2013.01) [H04L 47/283 (2013.01); H04L 47/29 (2013.01); H04L 47/762 (2013.01); H04L 47/781 (2013.01); H04L 47/805 (2013.01)]

18 Claims

1. A method for managing access congestion in a computer network, the method comprising:

determining a plurality of channels within the computer network;

determining a set of subscribers for each of the channels of the plurality of channels;

determining a congestion level of each of the channels of the plurality of channels;

determining each subscriber's impact on the respective channel based on each subscriber's network usage, wherein determining each subscriber's impact comprises:

determining the bandwidth used by each subscriber in the channel;

determining an overall bandwidth transmitted through the channel;

determining an average subscriber throughput based on the overall bandwidth of the channel and a number of subscribers associated with the channel; and

determining each subscriber's contribution based on the duration of time each subscriber has throughput higher than the average subscriber throughput on the channel; and

determining a reallocation of the subscribers to balance the channels, based on the congestion level and each subscriber's network usage.