Patent ID: 7688721

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a queue monitor for monitoring an amount of communication traffic stored in a communication traffic queue, the communication traffic queue being configured to store communication traffic received from a traffic management device; and a traffic controller, operatively coupled to the queue monitor, for determining based on the amount of communication traffic stored in the communication traffic queue a traffic management action to be performed, and for controlling the traffic management device to perform the determined traffic management action, wherein the communication traffic queue is configured to receive communication traffic from the traffic management device through a communication equipment data path comprising a data path component that is operatively coupled to the communication traffic queue, to the traffic controller, and to the traffic management device, wherein the traffic controller is configured for controlling the traffic management device by providing an indication of the determined traffic management action to the data path component through the data path, the indication causing the data path component to control the traffic management device to perform the determined traffic management action.