Dual-Leaky Bucket (An Analogy); Cbr Traffic Policing Examples - Cisco BPX-BXM-155-8DX Installation And Configuration Manual

Traffic Policing Examples

Dual-Leaky Bucket (An Analogy)

A Generic Cell Rate Algorithm viewpoint is:
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CBR Traffic Policing Examples

CBR traffic is expected to be at a constant bit rate, have low jitter, and is configured for a constant rate
equal to Peak Cell Rate (PCR). The connection is expected to be always at peak rate.
When you add a connection, you assign a VPI.VCI address, and configure the UPC parameters for the
connection. For each cell in an ATM stream seeking admission to the network, the VPI.VCI addresses
are verified and each cell is checked for compliance with the UPC parameters. The CBR cells are not
enqueued, but are processed by the policing function and then sent to the network unless discarded.
For CBR, traffic policing is based on:
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You may configure CBR connection with policing selected as either 4 or 5.
With policing set to 5, there is no policing.
With policing set to 4, there is single leaky bucket PCR policing as shown in Figure 21-20. The single
leaky bucket polices the PCR compliance of all cells seeking admission to the network, both those with
CLP = 0 and those with CLP =1. Cells seeking admission to the network with CLP set equal to 1 may
have either encountered congestion along the user's network or may have lower importance to the user
and have been designated as eligible for discard in the case congestion is encountered. If the bucket
depth CDVT (0+1) limit is exceeded, it discards all cells seeking admission. It does not tag cells. If
leaky bucket 1 is not full, all cells (CLP =0 and CLP=1) are admitted to the network.
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For a stream of cells in an ATM connection, the cell compliance is based on the theoretical arrival
time (TAT).
The next TAT should be the time of arrival of the last compliant cell plus the expected arrival
interval (I) where I = 1/rate.
If the next cell arrives before the new TAT, it must arrive no earlier than new TAT - CDVT to be
compliant.
If the next cell arrives after the new TAT, it is compliant, but there is no accrued credit.
Bucket 1
– PCR(0+1), Peak Cell Rate
– CDVT(0+1), Cell Delay Variation
Chapter 21 Configuring ATM Connections
Release 9.3.0, Part Number 78-10674-01 Rev. D0, July 2001