Method and apparatus for performing high-speed traffic shaping

Details Method and apparatus for performing high-speed traffic shaping Method and apparatus for performing high-speed traffic shaping

2005-09-27

2005-09-27

Ho, Duc (Department: 2665)

Multiplex communications

Data flow congestion prevention or control

Flow control of data transmission through a network

C370S395400

Reexamination Certificate

active

06950400

ABSTRACT:
A network traffic shaper provides high-speed, multi-level shaping. The traffic shaper is in communicating relationship with a forwarding engine, and includes a queue controller having a plurality of queues for storing messages, a scheduler for computing release times, at least one time-searchable memory and a corresponding memory controller. Each queue is preferably associated with a corresponding traffic specifier, and a release time is computed for each queue and stored in the time-searchable memory. When a stored release time expires, the message at the head of the corresponding queue is retrieved and is either moved into a different queue or forwarded by the network device. By moving messages through two or more queues, each having its own release time computed in response to a different traffic specifier, the traffic shaper can perform multi-level shaping on network messages.

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