A method, system and apparatus for autonomic buffer configuration. In accordance with the
present invention, an autonomic buffer configuration method can include monitoring data …

A secure mechanism for third party hosted services to communicate with networks to allow
dynamic quality of service to be provisioned for content of the third parties is disclosed. By …

An apparatus and a method are described in which a flow of packets is distributed in several
separate flows over several links (12) forming a logically aggregated link (11). The flow …

(57) ABSTRACT An N-rate, N+ 1-precedence meter/marker for a data com munication
Switch or router where N is a configurable number which is at least three. The N rates are …

The present invention relates to a processor (1) and a method for a processor comprising
processing means (2), the method comprising the steps of—admitting a data packet (D1, D2 …

A method of prioritizing packets for delivery over a transport network, where a guaranteed
minimum information rate over the transport network is specified. The method comprises, for …

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 …

A token bucket instantiation regulate packets in a traffic flow stream based on a
predetermined peak traffic flow rate. The token bucket size is nominally set to zero. An …

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

An integrated circuit device for receiving packets. The integrated circuit device includes a
programmable partitionable counter that includes a first counter partition for counting a …