Method and apparatus for input policing a network connection
US7366098B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 15, 2002 |
| Grant date | Apr 29, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 26, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L47/28
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method is described that resets a first count and resets a second count if a first transmission unit is recognized as being within a new measurement time window. The first transmission unit has a size. The method also increments the first count by the first transmission unit size and by the size of each subsequent transmission unit that is received within the new measurement time window after the first transmission unit—so long as the first count does not exceed a maximum allowable value for the first count. The method also checks if a maximum value for the second count is exceeded if it is incremented by a second transmission unit size. The second transmission unit is received within the measurement time window. The check is in response to a determination that the first count would have exceeded the first count maximum allowable valuable if the first count were incremented by the second transmission unit size.
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