Abstract: According to an embodiment of the invention, a data controller comprises a traffic pattern collector to observe a data traffic pattern, the data traffic being comprised of data packets; a traffic service engine to receive data from the traffic controller concerning the data traffic pattern and to determine a data flow specification for the data traffic pattern, the received data including the size and arrival time of each of the data packets; and a quality of service provider to receive the data flow specification. The data flow specification is the minimum data flow specification data flow specification that will allow each of the data packets to be transferred by the traffic controller within a delay upper bound. According to one embodiment, the minimum data flow specification for the data traffic pattern is determined according to an algorithm known as the Any-Delay TB Algorithm.

Abstract: A method and system for label-based packet forwarding among multiple forwarding elements is described. The system includes a plurality of forwarding elements to forward a data packet from an ingress port at which the data packet is received from a network to an egress port from which the data packet will be transmitted to a next hop in the network and a control element coupled to the plurality of forwarding elements to control the forwarding elements. Each forwarding element has one or more label switch tables with one or entries to label data packets for forwarding along a path from the ingress port of one of the plurality of forwarding elements to the egress port of another of the plurality of forwarding elements.

Abstract: According to an embodiment of the invention, a data controller comprises a traffic pattern collector to observe a data traffic pattern, the data traffic being comprised of data packets; a traffic service engine to receive data from the traffic controller concerning the data traffic pattern and to determine a data flow specification for the data traffic pattern, the received data including the size and arrival time of each of the data packets; and a quality of service provider to receive the data flow specification. The data flow specification is the minimum data flow specification data flow specification that will allow each of the data packets to be transferred by the traffic controller within a delay upper bound. According to one embodiment, the minimum data flow specification for the data traffic pattern is determined according to an algorithm known as the Any-Delay TB Algorithm.