Patent ID: 6430156
Filing Date: 2002-08-06
Classification: H04L,H04Q

Abstract:
In a structure including a plurality of policing units for observing packet data inputted through a plurality of routes and for transmitting the packet data satisfying passing conditions; a packet scheduler for transmitting the packet data passed through the policing units in an input order, and a multiplexor for multiplexing the packet data selected by the packet scheduler and transmitting the packet data to a receiving side through a single transmission route, a traffic control method for providing a predictive service, comprising:a first step of observing an average transmission rate of the packet data inputted through each input route by using a moving ceiling MC method in the policing units; a second step of determining whether the packet data satisfies the passing conditions of the MC method by a result of the observation; a third step of transmitting the packet data on each route to the packet scheduler and determining a multiplexing order of the packet data by the packet scheduler of a first in first out FIFO method when the packet data satisfies the passing conditions of the MC method; a fourth step of storing the packet data in a certain storing unit and trying to transmit the packet data again in a next window or abandoning the packet data when there is no empty space in the storing unit, in the case that the packet data does not satisfy the passing conditions of the MC method; a fifth step of determining whether the packet data on the corresponding route can be currently serviced, in performing the packet scheduling by the FIFO method in the third step; and a sixth step of transmitting the packet data to the multiplexor in the input order when the packet data on the corresponding route can be currently serviced in the fifth step, and returning to the third step and carrying out the packet scheduling by the FIFO method again when the packet data cannot be currently serviced.