Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Inter-device policing on network interface devices in LAG configuration
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Application No.: US13927160Application Date: 2013-06-26
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Publication No.: US09882817B2Publication Date: 2018-01-30
- Inventor: Matthew W. Turlington , Michael U. Bencheck
- Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
- Applicant Address: US NJ Basking Ridge
- Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
- Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US NJ Basking Ridge
- Main IPC: G06F15/16
- IPC: G06F15/16 ; H04L12/813 ; H04L12/823 ; H04L12/891 ; H04L12/873 ; H04L12/24

Abstract:
A master network interface device (NID) receives a first packet flow associated with a particular customer via a first link of a link aggregation group (LAG). The master NID also receives, from a non-master NID, an indication of a second packet flow, associated with the particular customer, that are traversing a second link of the LAG. The master NID applies collective rate limiting criteria to the first packet flow and to the second packet flow, such that the collective rate limiting criteria enforces a SLA rate for the particular customer. The master NID forwards at least some of the first packet flow via the first link, based on the rate limiting criteria as applied to the first packet flow. The master NID also sends, to the non-master network interface device, an indication of the rate limiting criteria as applied to the second packet flow.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150006755A1 INTER-DEVICE POLICING ON NETWORK INTERFACE DEVICES IN LAG CONFIGURATION Public/Granted day:2015-01-01
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