Dynamic packet traffic performance adjustment systems and methods
First Claim
1. A method for traffic performance adjustment in a source network element using a dynamic resizing technique, the method comprising:
- operating a first connection with a first bandwidth profile and a second connection with a second bandwidth profile with a sink network element, wherein the first connection and the second connection are each between the source network element and the sink network element; and
sourcing traffic to one or both of the first connection and the second connection to the sink network element, based on a desired bandwidth amount, wherein the sink network element sinks the traffic from the first connection and the second connection based on the desired bandwidth amount and associated settings of the first bandwidth profile and the second bandwidth profile that are set based on dynamic resizing required.
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Abstract
A method, a network, and a network element use dynamic packet traffic performance adjustment techniques. In an exemplary embodiment, the dynamic resizing techniques utilize different packet connections providing connectivity to same sites between which bandwidth resizing is needed. Each of the packet connections has a separate and independent bandwidth profile that governs an amount of traffic that is dispatched over each packet connection. A network element sourcing traffic into the packet connections uses bridge functionality that dispatches client traffic onto all of the packet connections or an individual packet connection. This effectively means that the transport network bandwidth utilization is only consumed by a single packet connection, i.e., the packet connection-A (even through there are multiple configured). The network element sinking the traffic selects from a single active packet connection.
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19 Claims
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1. A method for traffic performance adjustment in a source network element using a dynamic resizing technique, the method comprising:
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operating a first connection with a first bandwidth profile and a second connection with a second bandwidth profile with a sink network element, wherein the first connection and the second connection are each between the source network element and the sink network element; and sourcing traffic to one or both of the first connection and the second connection to the sink network element, based on a desired bandwidth amount, wherein the sink network element sinks the traffic from the first connection and the second connection based on the desired bandwidth amount and associated settings of the first bandwidth profile and the second bandwidth profile that are set based on dynamic resizing required. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for traffic performance adjustment in a sink network element using a dynamic resizing technique, the method comprising:
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operating a first connection with a first bandwidth profile and a second connection with a second bandwidth profile with a source network element, wherein the first connection and the second connection are each between the source network element and the sink network element; and sinking traffic from one or both of the first connection and the second connection from the source network element, based on a desired bandwidth amount, wherein the source network element sources the traffic to one or both of the first connection and the second connection based on the desired bandwidth amount and associated settings of the first bandwidth profile and the second bandwidth profile that are set based on dynamic resizing required. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16)
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15. A network element configured to perform dynamic traffic performance adjustment using a dynamic resizing technique, the network element comprising:
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at least one port with a switching fabric communicatively coupled thereto; wherein the network element is configured to operate a first connection with a first bandwidth profile and a second connection with a second bandwidth profile with another network element, via the at least one port, wherein the first connection and the second connection are each between the source network element and the sink network element, if the network element is a source network element, source traffic to one or both of the first connection and the second connection to the another network element, based on a desired bandwidth amount, wherein the another network element sinks the traffic from the first connection and the second connection based on the desired bandwidth amount and associated settings of the first bandwidth profile and the second bandwidth profile that are set based on dynamic resizing required, and if the network element is a sink network element, sink traffic from one or both of the first connection and the second connection from the another network element, based on the desired bandwidth amount, wherein the another network element sources the traffic to one or both of the first connection and the second connection based on the desired bandwidth amount and associated settings of the first bandwidth profile and the second bandwidth profile that are set based on the dynamic resizing required. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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