Richard C Boelens

US Patent:

20120063312, Mar 15, 2012

Filed:

Sep 10, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/879375

Inventors:

Muhammad Sakhi Sarwar - Brookfield CT, US
Ali Zaringhalam - North Caldwell NJ, US
Stephen Joseph Brolin - Livingston NJ, US
Simmonds John Mathews - Southbury CT, US
Richard Charles Boelens - Grand View NY, US
Frank Schumeg - Samdyston NJ, US

International Classification:

H04L 12/26

US Classification:

370235

Abstract:

According to one embodiment, methods and systems may be configured to support client-to-network, network-to-client, and network-to-network flows in a network element including multiple plug-in units. Such support may include policing and shaping flows as aggregates across plug-in units, combining outputs of two upstream traffic managers to network ports on two plug-in units, combining network flows that ingress two plug-in units, and shaping traffic to client ports.