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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2010
Shahram Davari, Sarataoga, CA (US);
Bruce Kwan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Puneet Agarwal, Cupertino, CA (US);
Shahram Davari, Sarataoga, CA (US);
Bruce Kwan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Puneet Agarwal, Cupertino, CA (US);
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
Example methods and apparatus for hierarchical bandwidth management are disclosed. An example method includes, using dual-token bucket meters (two-rate three-color meters) to meter bandwidth usage by individual microflows and associated macroflows (combinations of microflows). The dual-token bucket meters are used to locally and finally mark the packets using a three-color marking approach. In the example method, forwarding and discard decisions for packets processed using such techniques are made based on the final marking.