Patent ID: 8797864
Filing Date: 2014-08-05
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A system for managing traffic over a communication link between a transmitting node and a receiving node, the system comprising: a processor; and a memory device coupled to the processor; a congestion monitor configured to monitor traffic shaping constraints, comprising at least one of: a transmission rate and a burst size; a traffic shaper configured to (i) accumulate incoming messages at the transmitting node into a data queue of a variable size; and (ii) transmit the messages from the data queue to the receiving node over the communication link; and a volume reducer configured to apply a first volume reduction ratio to messages in the data queue by: wherein the volume reducer further applies at least one of: wherein the traffic shaper transmits the messages from the data queue after the volume reducer discards the desired amount of data from the data queues; wherein the congestion monitor, the traffic shaper and the volume reducer are stored in the memory.