(57) ABSTRACT A metering device has a first token bucket with a profile, a rate, and a
maximum number of tokens. The device has another token bucket with its own profile, two …

The present invention relates to a method for controlling a traffic flow using a token bucket.
The present invention provides a method for controlling a traffic flow using a token bucket …

The present invention relates to a marking determining method and a related device for
determining a packet marking of packets of an incoming packet-flow, in order to keep the …

Packet metering systems and methods optimize utilization of green or committed tokens. The
packet metering method includes receiving a packet of size B in an interval; and marking a …

BACKGROUND Emerging services, such as multimedia transmission and virtual private
networks, require careful allocation of resources in an Internet Protocol (IP) network. To …

Methods and apparatus for communicating data are disclosed. The example method
includes allocating tokens to a first token bucket of a first two-rate, three-color meter (trTCM) …

The invention describes a method for traffic management in a packet network using random
early marking. For each packet flow, packets are randomly marked at the ingreSS of the …

Distributed usage metering of network packet traffic, requiring fewer metering devices than
ultra-fine-grain metering, more scalable than centralized metering, and providing weighted …

Methods and apparatus are disclosed for a token bucket metering or policing system with a
delayed filing scheme which may be used, inter alia, in a computer or communications …

A multilevel coupled policer is configured to police packets using at least two policing levels,
including a first-level of class policers and a second-level aggregate policer. The multilevel …