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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2010
Muhammad Sakhi Sarwar, Brookfield, CT (US);
Ali Zaringhalam, North Caldwell, NJ (US);
Stephen Joseph Brolin, Livingston, NJ (US);
Simmonds John Mathews, Southbury, CT (US);
Richard Charles Boelens, Grand View, NY (US);
Frank Schumeg, Samdyston, NJ (US);
Muhammad Sakhi Sarwar, Brookfield, CT (US);
Ali Zaringhalam, North Caldwell, NJ (US);
Stephen Joseph Brolin, Livingston, NJ (US);
Simmonds John Mathews, Southbury, CT (US);
Richard Charles Boelens, Grand View, NY (US);
Frank Schumeg, Samdyston, NJ (US);
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki-shi, JP;
Abstract
According to one embodiment, methods and systems may be configured to support client-to-network, network-to-client, and network-to-network flows in a network element including multiple plug-in units. Such support may include policing and shaping flows as aggregates across plug-in units, combining outputs of two upstream traffic managers to network ports on two plug-in units, combining network flows that ingress two plug-in units, and shaping traffic to client ports.