Global policers
US11516135B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 19, 2020 |
| Grant date | Nov 29, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 8, 2040 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L47/783
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Apparatus for global policing of a bandwidth of a flow, the apparatus including a network device including a local policer configured to perform bandwidth policing on the flow within the network device, and a communications module configured to: send local policer state information from the local policer to a remote global policer, and receive policer state information from the remote global policer and update the local policer state information based on the remote global policer state information, Related apparatus and methods are also provided.
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