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Mark Lynch

Thomas J Cloonan

Carol J Ansley

Robert Allen Walston

Francis Joseph O'Keeffe

Systems and methods can provide for packet-rate policing and admission control with optional stress throttling. In some implementations, a broadband device can monitor bandwidth usage and respond after exceeding a maximum packet-rate threshold based on a per-channel basis. In other implementations, a broadband device can monitor bandwidth usage and respond after exceeding a maximum packet-rate threshold based on a per-service-flow basis. In additional implementations, a broadband device processor can feedback data to the packet-rate policer to throttle the packet rate based on processor utilization. Policing data traffic based on packet-rate instead of bandwidth can increase flexibility to service providers as an increasing number of services are deployed to users.

Packet-rate policing and admission control with optional stress throttling

Systems and methods can be used to reduce power consumption on a device. In some implementations, power consumption can be reduced by powering down modules. In other implementations, power consumption can be reduced by communicating configuration status messages to the terminating system to reduce communications. Power saving can extend backup battery power duration thereby affording users to access telephone services during a power outage.

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