Systems and methods for policing network traffic rates

A system comprising:

• a sizing module, stored in memory, that determines a size of a packet received at a network device;
• a policing module, stored in memory, that identifies, within a plurality of packet policers that track rates of packets with various sizes received at the network device, a packet policer that tracks rates of packets whose sizes are within a range that includes the size of the packet;
• a rate module, stored in memory, that determines a current rate of packets tracked by the packet policer;
• a handling module, stored in memory, that handles the packet based at least in part on whether the current rate exceeds a threshold rate;
• and
• at least one hardware processor configured to execute the sizing module, the policing module, the rate module, and the handling module.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising computer-readable instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a computing device, cause the computing device to:

• determine a size of a packet received at a network device;
• identify, within a plurality of packet policers that track rates of packets with various sizes received at the network device, a packet policer that tracks rates of packets whose sizes are within a range that includes the size of the packet;
• determine a current rate of packets tracked by the packet policer;
• and
• handle the packet based at least in part on whether the current rate exceeds a threshold rate.