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US 12,438,986 · App. 18/036,465 · Granted Oct 7, 2025

Congestion control method, congestion control device, and congestion control program

Inventors: Masafumi Yoshioka (Musashino, JP); Fumiaki Nagase (Musashino, JP); Toshifumi Miyagi (Musashino, JP)
Assignee: NTT, Inc.
H04M7/0084H04L1/0061H04L47/12H04L47/24H04L47/28
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Patent No.
US 12,438,986
App. No.
18/036,465
Granted
Oct 7, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A congestion control method in an IP telephone system includes processing of acquiring the number of simultaneous calls on one line shared by a plurality of IP telephones, processing of acquiring lengths of call duration of respective calls, and communication parameter setting processing of setting communication parameters that contribute to communication quality of respective calls on the basis of the number of simultaneous calls and the call duration. The call duration of the first call is longer than the call duration of the second call. The communication parameter setting processing includes processing of setting communication parameters such that the communication quality of the first call is worse than the communication quality of the second call in a case where the number of simultaneous calls exceeds a threshold value.

Claims (27)

1. A congestion control method in an Internet protocol (IP) telephone system, comprising:

acquiring a number of established simultaneous calls on a first line shared by a plurality of IP telephones;

acquiring lengths of call duration of respective calls among the established simultaneous calls; and

setting communication parameters that (i) contribute to communication quality of the respective calls among the established simultaneous calls and (ii) are different from a packet discard ratio based on the number of established simultaneous calls and the lengths of call duration,

wherein the call duration of a first established call among the established simultaneous calls is longer than the call duration of a second established call among the established simultaneous calls, and

wherein setting the communication parameters comprises setting the communication parameters such that the communication quality is deteriorated more as the length of the call duration increases based on the number of simultaneous established calls exceeding a threshold value, including setting the communication parameters of the first established call having the longer duration than the second established call such that a first value indicating the communication quality of the first established call is more deteriorated than the communication quality of the second established call as indicated by a second value.

2. The congestion control method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the communication parameters comprise a modulation method.

3. The congestion control method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the communication parameters comprise an error correction code.

4. A non-transitory computer recording medium storing a congestion control program, wherein execution of the congestion control program causes one or more computers to perform operations comprising:

acquiring a number of established simultaneous calls on a first line shared by a plurality of IP telephones;

acquiring lengths of call duration of respective calls among the established simultaneous calls; and

setting communication parameters that (i) contribute to communication quality of the respective calls among the established simultaneous calls and (ii) are different from a packet discard ratio based on the number of established simultaneous calls and the lengths of call duration,

wherein the call duration of a first established call among the established simultaneous calls is longer than the call duration of a second established call among the established simultaneous calls, and

wherein setting the communication parameters comprises setting the communication parameters such that the communication quality is deteriorated more as the length of the call duration increases based on the number of simultaneous established calls exceeding a threshold value, including setting the communication parameters of the first established call having the longer duration than the second established call such that a first value indicating the communication quality of the first established call is more deteriorated than the communication quality of the second established call as indicated by a second value.

5. A congestion control device in an Internet protocol (IP) telephone system, comprising:

an information processing device, implemented using one or more computing devices, and configured to perform:

acquiring a number of established simultaneous calls on a first line shared by a plurality of IP telephones;

acquiring lengths of call duration of respective calls among the established simultaneous calls; and

setting communication parameters that (i) contribute to communication quality of the respective calls among the established simultaneous calls and (ii) are different from a packet discard ratio based on the number of established simultaneous calls and the lengths of call duration,

wherein the call duration of a first established call among the established simultaneous calls is longer than the call duration of a second established call among the established simultaneous calls, and

wherein setting the communication parameters comprises setting the communication parameters such that the communication quality is deteriorated more as the length of the call duration increases based on the number of simultaneous established calls exceeding a threshold value, including setting the communication parameters of the first established call having the longer duration than the second established call such that a first value indicating the communication quality of the first established call is more deteriorated than the communication quality of the second established call as indicated by a second value.

6. The congestion control device according to claim 5 ,

wherein the communication parameters comprise a modulation method.

7. The congestion control device according to claim 5 ,

wherein the communication parameters comprise an error correction code.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 14, 2025
From: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
To: NTT, INC.
Reel/Frame 072412/0498 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 11, 2023
From: YOSHIOKA, MASAFUMI; NAGASE, FUMIAKI; MIYAGI, TOSHIFUMI
To: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063611/0775 →
Continuity (1)
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