Flexible policing technique for telecommunications traffic
US7173908B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 8, 2002 |
| Grant date | Feb 6, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 24, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L2012/5679
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A policing technique for a telecommunications traffic of variable length packets is described. The technique uses a plurality of police engines, grouped in pairs. A selection module selects a police engine pair to process a packet. Each police engine contains a conformance unit, credit unit and a debit unit, in which the credit update of one police engine influences the credit update of the other police engine in the pair. The technique also uses a combinatorial function to decide on a category of a processed packet and which police engines to update their debit units.
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