Patent ID: 7403478
Filing Date: 2008-07-22
Classification: H04L,H04Q

Abstract:
1. A method for data traffic policing in a telecommunication network by a data traffic policer on a data communication link, said data traffic including data cells which are grouped into frames, said method comprising: for each data cell of a frame, upon reception of said data cell, checking a conformance of said data cell according to predefined conformance rules and providing a conformance result of said data cell being any one of conforming and non-conforming; determining a position of said data cell within said frame; storing said data cell into a frame buffer and indicating said frame as conforming when, for each data cell of said frame being stored in said frame buffer, said conformance result is conforming; and in the event that both said frame is conforming and the position of said cell is the last cell of said frame, starting transmission of a predefined number of data cells of said frame by said traffic policer.