Patent ID: 7801046
Filing Date: 2010-09-21
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for bandwidth control on a network interface card (NIC), the method comprising: initiating a current time period; receiving a plurality of incoming packets; classifying each of the plurality of incoming packets into a receive ring of a plurality of receive rings based on information in each of the plurality of incoming packets matching a container of a plurality of containers, populating, by a NIC, the receive ring with the plurality of incoming packets according to a size of the receive ring during the current time period, wherein the size of the receive ring is based on an allocated bandwidth for the container associated with the receive ring; and sending, by the NIC, the plurality of incoming packets to the host when a duration of the current time period elapses, wherein the duration is based on the allocated bandwidth for the container associated with the receive ring.