Methods and apparatus for providing congestion information

G Corliano, B Strulo, M Wennink - US Patent 8,542,598, 2013 - Google Patents
Methods and systems for providing information relating to congestion at a network element
caused by data units intended to be forwarded across a telecommunications net work by the …

Optimum utilization of green tokens in packet metering

S Agarwal - US Patent 9,838,320, 2017 - Google Patents
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 …

Meter-based hierarchical bandwidth sharing

B Kwan, P Agarwal - US Patent 7,826,352, 2010 - Google Patents
Example methods and apparatus for hierarchical bandwidth management are disclosed. An
example method includes, receiving a data packet in a first data flow and determining if a …

Service-aware profiling for transport networks

S Rácz, B Gerö, J Harmatos, S Nádas - US Patent 9,432,874, 2016 - Google Patents
A method is provided of transporting data packets over a telecommunications transport
network. The data packets are carried by a plurality of bearers, each carrying data packets …

Virtual queue

A Lakshmikantha, M Kalkunte, B Kwan - US Patent 8,274,896, 2012 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND In computer networking literature, digital bandwidth often refers to data rate
measured in bits/second or occasionally bytes/second. Often the bandwidth of a network …

Single and dual rate three color marker systems

T Nandagopal, TY Woo - US Patent 8,385,206, 2013 - Google Patents
An advance is made over the prior art in accordance with the principles of the present
invention that is directed to a new approach for a system and method of Single Rate Three …

Programmable metering behavior based on table lookup

BC Smith, J Cao - US Patent 7,529,191, 2009 - Google Patents
A network device for processing data on a data network including a plurality of ports,
configured to receive data from a data network and to send processed data to the data …

Rate Shaping For Wireless Communication Using Token Bucket That Allows Token Debt

M Isaksson, M Hurd, H Wiemann - US Patent App. 12/820,557, 2011 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND 0003 Wireless communication systems are a ubiquitous part of modern life
in many areas. A number of different wireless communication protocols have been …

Hierarchical rate color marker

NR Figueira - US Patent 8,467,296, 2013 - Google Patents
One embodiment provides a system that facilitates bandwidth-profile enforcement. During
operation, the system indicates a packet's compliance with a bandwidth profile based at …

Meter-based hierarchical bandwidth sharing

S Davari, B Kwan, P Agarwal - US Patent 8,416,689, 2013 - Google Patents
Example methods and apparatus for hierarchical bandwidth management are disclosed. An
example method includes, using dual-token bucket meters (two-rate three-color meters) to …