Patent ID: 6791943
Filing Date: 2004-09-14
Classification: H04L,H04Q

Abstract:
An event-based cell bandwidth determinator constructed and arranged to determine a transmission rate of a first type of cell in a cell stream occurring over a connection in a digital communications network during a time interval between an occurrence of a first predetermined event and an occurrence of a second predetermined event, the determinator comprising:a timestamper adapted to be coupled to the digital communications network so as to receive the cell stream, the timestamper recording a first time at which the first predetermined event occurs and a second time subsequent to the first time at which the second predetermined event occurs; a cell counter configured to count the number of the first type of cells occurring in the cell stream during the time interval; and a rate calculator coupled to the timestamper and to the cell counter, configured to divide the time interval into the number of the first type of cells to generate the transmission rate of the first type of cells.