Frame Relay Traffic Shaping Network Consultants Handbook - Frame
Relay by Matthew Castelli Traffic shaping supports the
controlling of the traffic going out of an interface. This
control matches the flow of traffic to the speed of the remote
destination (or target) interface and ensures that the traffic
conforms to policies contracted for the interface. Traffic
adhering to a particular profile can be shaped to meet
downstream requirements, eliminating bottlenecks in topologies
with data-rate mismatches.The primary reasons for using traffic
shaping are to control access to available bandwidth, to ensure
that traffic conforms to the policies established for the
available bandwidth, and to regulate the flow of traffic to
avoid congestion. Congestion can occur when the sent traffic
exceeds the access speed of its destination (target) interface
across a VC. Following are some examples of when to use traffic
shaping: - To control access to bandwidth when policy dictates
that the rate of a given interface should not