Fair use management method and system

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H04L 12/24 (2006.01) H04L 12/56 (2006.01) H04L 12/66 (2006.01) H04L 29/06 (2006.01)

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CA 2730105

A method of managing a plurality of sub-scribers using a communication network involving: ob-taining network usage data for a plurality of service flows associated with the plurality of subscribers using the net-work; from the network usage data, determining which of the plurality of subscribers has been using an excess amount of bandwidth; determining that at least some part of the network is currently in a congested state; and in re-sponse to determining that at least some part of the net-work is currently in the congested state, sending a policy decision to a gateway device that controls bandwidth re-sources currently being provided to the identified sub-scriber, said policy decision instructing the gateway de-vice to reduce network bandwidth that is currently being provided to support existing service flows for the identi-fied subscriber.

Procédé de gestion d'une pluralité d'abonnés utilisant un réseau de communication, qui consiste: à recueillir des données d'utilisation de réseau pour une pluralité de flux de services associées à la pluralité d'utilisateurs utilisant ce réseau; à partir des données sur l'utilisation du réseau, à déterminer lequel, parmi la pluralité des abonnés, a utilisé une quantité excessive de largeur de bande; à déterminer qu'au moins une certaine partie du réseau se trouve actuellement embouteillée; en réponse à cette constatation, à communiquer une décision à un dispositif de passerelle commandant les ressources de largeur de bande actuellement fournies à l'abonné identifié, décision visant à réduire pour cet abonné la largeur de bande fournie actuellement pour assurer les flux de services existants.

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