| 摘要 |
<p>An apparatus and method for monitoring data flow at a node on a network are disclosed. A menory location or 'bucket' is allocated to each of a plurality of links and classes of service at the node. A free-running counter is incremented at a rate determined by the maximum allowable data rates on the various links and classes of service. When a data packet is received at a particular link and class of service, the corresponding memory location or bucket is adjusted or 'leaked' by subtracting the present counter value from the present bucket contents. That difference is then added to the number of units of data, i.e., bytes or groups of bytes of data, contained in the incoming packet. That sum is then compared with a predetermined threshold determined by the allowable dayta rate associated with the link and class of service. If the threshold is exceeded, then the incoming data packet is marked accordingly. The system can include multiple stages or monitoring such that multiple thresholds can be used to assign one of multiple discard eligibility values to the incoming packet.</p> |
