Packet shaping is a method of monitoring and controlling data flow in high-bandwidth computer networks by delaying the transmission of packets over specific network bandwidths. This improves network efficiency and increases usable bandwidth. The technology is used to manage the maximum rate at which traffic is sent based on complex criteria such as Generic Cell Rate Algorithms (GCRA). Active Packet Shaping technology prioritizes traffic and can be used for various broadband applications, including VoIP communications.
Packet shaping, often known as traffic shaping or bandwidth throttling, is a method by which users of high-bandwidth computer networks can monitor and control the flow of data into and out of net. Computer packets are cells containing data to be sent via Internet Protocol over a designated computer network. Packet shaping will typically delay the transmission of packets over specific network bandwidths. This delay usually reduces latency, the delay between when data is sent across network bandwidth and when data reaches the intended portal. This managed delay improves overall network efficiency and increases usable bandwidth.
Bandwidth is the capacity of data allowed by a computer system over a connection and is measured by the bit rate received by a designated computer. Computers that don’t support packets, such as ordinary point-to-point telecommunications links, transmit data only in bytes, bits, or characters. Data cells or packets can contain all of these things, and hence, this immense data traffic has to be handled as any type of traffic, car traffic, air traffic, etc. should be handled. This data traffic is controlled by network packet shaping technology in the interest of efficient data transmission and reception.
Packet shaping is, by necessity, a brake applied to a set of packets known as a stream or stream so that these packets fit a predetermined set of network parameters or constraints. These parameters may involve a contract or specific data transmission and/or reception profiles.
Commonly applied at the network edge to control traffic entering the network within a given period of time, packet shaping manages the maximum rate at which traffic is sent based on complex criteria such as Generic Cell Rate Algorithms (GCRA ), which is the calculation of packet cell rates in a given time frame. This speed control or shaping of network traffic can be done in many ways and for a myriad of reasons, but is always the result of controlled packet delay
Although packet-making devices can be used passively to analyze and classify specific traffic, they are designed to actively prioritize traffic. Automatic selection of paths to remote data receptors and throttling of bandwidth-intensive applications are each a function of Active Packet Shaping technology. This technology has been, or will soon be, implemented for provider-independent newsgroup applications and peer-to-peer networks, as well as various other broadband applications. Packet modeling can be used to make computer audio and video applications and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) communications.
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