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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2009
Filed:
May. 16, 2005
Meera Siva, San Jose, CA (US);
Justin Chueh, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Ravi Tangirala, San Jose, CA (US);
Rajarshi Gupta, San Ramon, CA (US);
Erik R. Swenson, San Jose, CA (US);
Meera Siva, San Jose, CA (US);
Justin Chueh, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Ravi Tangirala, San Jose, CA (US);
Rajarshi Gupta, San Ramon, CA (US);
Erik R. Swenson, San Jose, CA (US);
Extreme Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and computer program products for allocating excess bandwidth of an output among network users are disclosed. According to one method, packets associated with a plurality of network users for forwarding to an output are received. The packets can include a first non-committed information rate (CIR) packet associated with a first network user. The method can include a step for maintaining a count of non-CIR packets sent for the first network user. Further, the method can include preventing the first non-CIR packet from being forwarded to the output in response to the count having a predetermined relationship with respect to a threshold level.