MEDIA SESSION IDENTIFICATION METHOD FOR IP NETWORKS
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1. Electronic network apparatus for identifying media sessions over IP and network packets as belonging or not belonging to a media session, comprising:
- a packet characteristic extraction unit configured for obtaining packet characteristics from a succession of packets, said characteristics comprising packet traffic characteristics;
a grouping unit associated with said packet characteristic extraction unit, configured to group together those packets having similar traffic characteristics as probably belonging to a common session, anda session analyzer configured for analyzing said grouped packets for session characteristics, therewith to identify a session type.
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Abstract
A method of allocating, restricting or refusing communication resources to media sessions in accordance with individual session or session type, comprises: categorizing passing packets using packet traffic characteristics such as packet length or inter-arrival period; grouping together those packets having similar traffic characteristics, and analyzing the grouped packets for session characteristics, thereby to identify a session type and allocate resources to the session or provisioning or like actions or services.
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1. Electronic network apparatus for identifying media sessions over IP and network packets as belonging or not belonging to a media session, comprising:
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a packet characteristic extraction unit configured for obtaining packet characteristics from a succession of packets, said characteristics comprising packet traffic characteristics; a grouping unit associated with said packet characteristic extraction unit, configured to group together those packets having similar traffic characteristics as probably belonging to a common session, and a session analyzer configured for analyzing said grouped packets for session characteristics, therewith to identify a session type. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of identifying session type, comprising
categorizing passing packets using traffic packet characteristics; -
grouping together those packets having similar values of said traffic characteristics, and analyzing said grouped packets for session characteristics, thereby to identify a session type. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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