METHOD FOR AN IMPROVED TRAFFIC SHAPING AND/OR MANAGEMENT OF IP TRAFFIC IN A PACKET PROCESSING SYSTEM, TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK, SYSTEM, PROGRAM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT

• Main Authors: NOBACH, Leonhard, SCHNEIDER, Fabian, KUNDEL, Ralf
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 26.10.2022
• Subjects: ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION

The invention relates to a method for an improved traffic shaping and/or management of IP traffic in a packet processing system, especially as part of a telecommunications network,wherein the packet processing system comprises a programmable packet switching processor and a traffic shaping processor,wherein data packets - received by the packet processing system - are ingressed to the packet switching processor, and wherein data packets - transmitted by the packet processing system - are egressed by the traffic shaping processor,wherein for an improved traffic shaping and/or management of IP traffic, the method comprises the following steps:-- in a first step, a number of considered data packets, after or while being received by the packet processing system, are received by or ingressed to the packet switching processor,-- in a second step, subsequent to the first step, the packet switching processor processes the number of considered data packets, appends a queue identification information to each one of the considered data packets, and transmits the considered data packets to the traffic shaping processor,-- in a third step, subsequent to the second step, the traffic shaping processor applies traffic shaping to the considered data packets by means of using the respective queue identification information of each one of the considered data packets to select a queue for each one of the considered data packets, respectively, and by means of:-- using a number of queues exceeding 10.000 queues, wherein each one of said queues has a depth or a storing capacity of more than 10 MB,-- applying a hierarchical scheduling of the considered data packets.