QUEUE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHODS

A system and method are provided for managing a queue of packets transmitted from a sender to a receiver across a communications network. The sender has a plurality of sender states and a queue manager situated in between the sender and receiver may have a corresponding plurality of queue manager states. The queue manager has one or more queue management parameters which may have distinct predetermined values for each of the queue manager states. When the queue manager detects an event that is; indicative of a change in the sender's state, the queue manager may change its sn tate correspondingly.