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US 2007/0165529 A1Published application
Apparatus, method and computer program for traffic control
AssigneeKddi Corporation
InventorsHajime Nakamura, Masaki Fukushima, Yoji Kishi, Hideyuki Koto
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Abstract
The present invention relate to traffic control for the communication network using a token bucket. According to the invention, tokens stored in the token bucket and data throughput to/from a data buffer are monitored, and new token rate is determined based on the data throughput during the period that at least one token is stored in the token buffer.
Claims21
A traffic control apparatus, comprising:
- data buffer for storing data to/from a network;
- token rate determination means for determining a toke rate;
- token generation means for generating tokens in accordance with the token rate;
- token buffer for storing generated tokens;
- reading means for reading out predetermined amount of data from the data buffer by consuming a token stored in the token buffer;
- token buffer monitoring means for monitoring tokens stored in the token buffer;
- and
- data throughput monitoring means for monitoring data throughput to/from the network,
- wherein the token rate determination means determines a new token rate based on the data throughput during the period that at least one token is stored in the token buffer.
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A traffic control method, comprising the steps of:
- generating tokens in accordance with a token rate;
- storing generated tokens in a token buffer and data to/from a network in a data buffer;
- monitoring tokens stored in the token buffer and data throughput to/from the network;
- and
- determining a new token rate based on the data throughput during the period that at least one token is stored in the token buffer.
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A computer program for controlling traffic to/from a network, comprising:
- program code for generating tokens in accordance with a token rate;
- program code for storing generated tokens in a token buffer;
- program code for storing data to/from the network in a data buffer;
- program code for monitoring tokens stored in the token buffer;
- program code for monitoring data throughput to/from the network;
- and
- program code for determining a new token rate based on the data throughput during the period that at least one token is stored in the token buffer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.