Communications system
OwnerGyorgy Sasvari, Paul L Colleitinventors
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Abstract
A communications system with a finite bandwidth for the communication of traffic of a plurality of users comprising policing means for monitoring the bandwidth use of each of the users, the policing means comprising bandwidth use averaging means implemented in hardware, the policing means also comprising packet discard means for discarding packets in a pseudo-random fashion.
Claims47
A communications system for the communication of traffic of a plurality of users in which the system has a finite bandwidth for carrying the traffic;
- in which the system comprises policing means for monitoring the bandwidth use of each of the users;
- in which the policing means comprises bandwidth use averaging means implemented in hardware for calculating an average value of bandwidth use per user.
The system as claimed in any above claim in which the policing means comprises packet discard means for discarding packets in a pseudo-random fashion.
The system as claimed in any above claim in which the averaging means is comprised in a firewall.
A method of policing bandwidth use in a communications system for the communication of traffic of a plurality of users in which the system has a finite bandwidth for carrying the traffic;
- the method including the steps of monitoring the bandwidth use of each of the users and generating in hardware an average value of bandwidth use per user.
The method as claimed in claim 30 including the step of rotating the contents by a prime number of bit positions.
The method as claimed in Claim any one of claims 29 and 30 in which the shift register comprises a prime number of bit positions.
A communications system for the communication of traffic of a plurality of users in which the system has a finite bandwidth for carrying the traffic;
- in which the system comprises policing means for monitoring the bandwidth use of each of the users;
- in which the policing means comprises packet discard means for discarding packets in a pseudo-random fashion.
A communications system for the communication of traffic of a plurality of users in which the system has a finite bandwidth for carrying the traffic;
- in which the system comprises policing means for monitoring the bandwidth use of each of the users;
- in which the policing means comprises packet discard means for discarding packets on an individual basis.
The system as claimed in claim 39 in which the rotate means is effective for rotating the contents by a prime number of bit positions.
A method of policing bandwidth use in a communications system for the communication of traffic of a plurality of users in which the system has a finite bandwidth for carrying the traffic;
- the method including the steps of monitoring the bandwidth use of each of the users and discarding packets in a pseudo-random fashion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.