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Per-class scheduling with rate limiting

US7965635B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Assignee

Alcatel Lucent · FR

Inventors

Joseph M. Regan · Pleasanton, US
Ron E. Haberman · Ekeren, BE
Mike Noll · Penn Valley, US

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 27, 2007
Grant date	Jun 21, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 3, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L47/6215
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Providing network access is disclosed. Use of a provider equipment port via which network access is provided to two or more downstream nodes, each having one or more classes of network traffic associated with it, is scheduled on a per class basis, across the downstream nodes. The respective network traffic sent to each of at least a subset of the two or more downstream nodes is limited, on a per downstream node basis, to a corresponding rate determined at least in part by a capacity of a communication path associated with the downstream node.

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