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### Instruction:
How does LPTS classify and police traffic flows to the router?
### Response:
LPTS classifies traffic flows based on various packet header fields like source IP, destination IP, protocol, ports etc. It then assigns the flows to one of several pre-defined flow types. Each flow type has a configured rate limit. Packets exceeding the rate limit are dropped. This protects the router resources from being overwhelmed.
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