Patent ID: 7324447
Filing Date: 2008-01-29
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method facilitating concurrent classification and control of tunneled and non-tunneled network traffic, the method comprising: receiving a tunneled data flow; associating the tunneled data flow to a tunnel traffic class; recording at least one metric associated with the tunneled data flow; transferring the tunneled data flow to a tunnel mechanism; receiving a converted data flow from the tunnel mechanism; associated the at least one metric associated with the tunneled data flow to the converted data flow; identifying at least one traffic class corresponding to the converted data flow, wherein the at least one traffic class is a child traffic class of the tunnel traffic class in a hierarchical traffic class configuration; enforcing a bandwidth utilization control associated with the at least one traffic class on the converted data flow based at least in part on the at least one metric associated with the tunneled data flow.