LARGE SCALE BANDWIDTH MANAGEMENT OF IP FLOWS USING A HIERARCHY OF TRAFFIC SHAPING DEVICES

摘要

Described herein are approaches for shaping traffic within a data network. In particular, methods and systems herein describe devices configured to classify packets based on particular criteria. Based on a classification associated with a packet, a packet can be queued at a subscriber mux device, one of a plurality of subscriber devices, and an application device. In addition, the subscriber devices and the application device include qdiscs to shape traffic. Once the traffic is shaped, it is queued based on properties associated with packets.

主权项

1. An appliance having a memory and one or more processors, the appliance comprising:
a Classification kernel module configured to:
inspect a packet;determine one or more traffic shaping rules; comprising:
a first traffic shaping rule associated with a subscriber mux device and at least one subscriber device of a set of subscriber devices, wherein each subscriber device of the set of subscriber devices comprises at least one qdisc; andprovide the packet from the Classification kernel module to the subscriber mux device based on the first traffic shaping rule, wherein the subscriber mux device provides the packet to a subscriber device of the set of subscriber devices, and wherein the subscriber device provides the packet to a network interface.