%0 Report %1 TR324 %A Menth, Michael %A Milbrandt, Jens %A Zeiger, Florian %C Department of Computer Science %D 2004 %K myown %N 324 %T Elastic Token Bucket - A Traffic Characterization for Time-Limited Bursty Traffic. %U http://www-info3.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de/TR/tr324.pdf %X In this paper, we present the Elastic Token Bucket (ETB) as a dynamic traffic characterization for traffic shaping purposes, i.e. for traffic policing and spacing. We describe the ETB and study the impact of its parameters on the resulting packet delay and maximum throughput. In contrast to simple Constant Bit Rate (CBR) or Token Bucket (TB) based solutions, economy of scale can be achieved regarding queuing time and required buffer space when many ETB-regulated traffic sources are multiplexed.

@techreport{TR324, abstract = { In this paper, we present the Elastic Token Bucket (ETB) as a dynamic traffic characterization for traffic shaping purposes, i.e. for traffic policing and spacing. We describe the ETB and study the impact of its parameters on the resulting packet delay and maximum throughput. In contrast to simple Constant Bit Rate (CBR) or Token Bucket (TB) based solutions, economy of scale can be achieved regarding queuing time and required buffer space when many ETB-regulated traffic sources are multiplexed. }, added-at = {2015-06-18T10:00:28.000+0200}, address = {Department of Computer Science}, author = {Menth, Michael and Milbrandt, Jens and Zeiger, Florian}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2c7caf759afd40914893bca4acc348090/trcsuniwue}, interhash = {228ccbb7083a482ca4bf89221aa59f36}, intrahash = {c7caf759afd40914893bca4acc348090}, keywords = {myown}, month = {February}, number = 324, timestamp = {2015-06-18T10:00:28.000+0200}, title = {Elastic Token Bucket - A Traffic Characterization for Time-Limited Bursty Traffic.}, type = {Technical Report}, url = {http://www-info3.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de/TR/tr324.pdf}, year = 2004 }