Dynamic Assignment of Traffic Classes to a Priority Queue in a Packet Forwarding Device
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1. In a packet forwarding device in a network in which packet flows are assigned respective classes and each respective class is accorded a respective packet forwarding treatment, a method comprising:
- detecting that a bandwidth consumption of a packet flow has exceeded a threshold; and
responsive to detecting that the bandwidth consumption of the packet flow has exceeded the threshold, changing the respective packet forwarding treatment accorded to at least one class of packet flow from a first packet forwarding treatment to a second packet forwarding treatment.
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Abstract
Responsive to detecting that bandwidth consumption of a packet flow has exceeded a threshold, packet forwarding treatment is changed in accordance with at least one class of packet flow from a first packet forwarding treatment to a second packet forwarding treatment.
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1. In a packet forwarding device in a network in which packet flows are assigned respective classes and each respective class is accorded a respective packet forwarding treatment, a method comprising:
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detecting that a bandwidth consumption of a packet flow has exceeded a threshold; and responsive to detecting that the bandwidth consumption of the packet flow has exceeded the threshold, changing the respective packet forwarding treatment accorded to at least one class of packet flow from a first packet forwarding treatment to a second packet forwarding treatment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A non-transitory, processor-readable medium carrying instructions for execution by at least one processor, the instructions comprising instructions executable in a packet forwarding device in a network in which packet flows are assigned respective classes and each respective class is accorded a respective packet forwarding treatment, the instructions comprising:
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instructions executable to detect that a bandwidth consumption of a packet flow has exceeded a threshold; and instructions executable, responsive to detecting that the bandwidth consumption of the packet flow has exceeded the threshold, to change the respective packet forwarding treatment accorded to the at least one class of packet flow from a first packet forwarding treatment to a second packet forwarding treatment. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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