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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 1995
Filed:
Mar. 25, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Nathalie Giroux, Hull, CA;
Marianne J Morin, Ottawa, CA;
Marcel Lemay, Hull, CA;
Rungroj Kositpaiboon, Nepean, CA;
Osama S Aboul-Magd, Nepean, CA;
Assignee:
Northern Telecom Limited, Montreal, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
370 60 ; 370 856 ; 370 941 ;
Abstract
A Frame Relay network must implement a rate (bandwidth) enforcement function at the access in the network so that service subscription violation by some users will not cause performance or throughput degradation of other users' service. A novel rate enforcement technique is disclosed. The new technique makes use of a 'leaky bucket' algorithm in which a portion of one 'leaky bucket' is set aside for high priority frames only.