Method and apparatus for leaky bucket based out-bound shaping in an ATM scheduler
US6560195B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 27, 1998 |
| Grant date | May 6, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 27, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L2012/5679
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A scheduling apparatus includes a server for providing service to entities. The apparatus includes a mechanism for determining whether an entity that is to receive service at a future time from the server will be in conformance with a predetermined criteria at the future time when the entity is to receive service from the server. The apparatus includes a scheduler mechanism for scheduling when entities are to receive service from the server unless the determining mechanism determines the entity is not in conformance. A method for scheduling entities in an ATM network. The method includes the steps of receiving a session of an entity in a memory of an ATM switch connected to the ATM network. Then there is the step of scheduling the session for service by a server of the ATM switch. Next there is the step of determining with a determining mechanism whether the session will be conforming in terms of compliance to traffic contract of the ATM network in the future. Next there is the step of deleting the session if the session will not be conforming in the future.
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