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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2005
Filed:
May. 19, 1999
Heather Achilles, Hudson, NH (US);
Terry Pearson, Hollis, NH (US);
Paul Gallo, Newton, MA (US);
Larry Manor, Londonderry, NH (US);
Heather Achilles, Hudson, NH (US);
Terry Pearson, Hollis, NH (US);
Paul Gallo, Newton, MA (US);
Larry Manor, Londonderry, NH (US);
Nortel Networks Limited, St. Laurent, CA;
Abstract
A method, apparatus and article of manufacture for discarding a data packet. The data packet is classified according to a type of service (TOS) indicator and modified with an internal service class (ISC) indicator according to the TOS indicator. The data packet is modified with a watermark (WM) indicator according to the availability of a system resource. The ISC, WM and a drop preference (DP) indicator of the data packet are compared to a committed information rate (CIR). The packet is discarded if the DP exceeds the CIR.