Patent ID: 7944838
Filing Date: 2011-05-17
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A traffic control apparatus, comprising: a data buffer configured to store data sent to/from a network; a token rate determination unit configured to determine a token rate; a token generation unit configured to generate tokens in accordance with the token rate; a token buffer configured to store generated tokens; a reading unit configured to read out predetermined amount of data from the data buffer by consuming a token stored in the token buffer; a token buffer monitoring unit configured to monitor tokens stored in the token buffer; a data throughput monitoring unit configured to monitor data throughput to/from the network during a period when one or more tokens are stored in the token buffer; and a token adjustment unit configured to append tokens to the token buffer when a token empty state, in which no tokens are stored in the token buffer, continues for a first period, wherein the token rate determination unit