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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2013
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Matthew W. Turlington, Richardson, TX (US);
Michael U. Bencheck, Richardson, TX (US);
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A master network interface device (NID) receives a first packet flow associated with a particular customer via a first link of a link aggregation group (LAG). The master NID also receives, from a non-master NID, an indication of a second packet flow, associated with the particular customer, that are traversing a second link of the LAG. The master NID applies collective rate limiting criteria to the first packet flow and to the second packet flow, such that the collective rate limiting criteria enforces a SLA rate for the particular customer. The master NID forwards at least some of the first packet flow via the first link, based on the rate limiting criteria as applied to the first packet flow. The master NID also sends, to the non-master network interface device, an indication of the rate limiting criteria as applied to the second packet flow.