MEF 41.0.1 Amendment to MEF 41: Clarification of Generic Token Bucket Algorithm (GTBA) Behavior

2020 Jul

Amends: MEF 41

Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet

Standard Type: Service Attributes

Summary:

This standard amends MEF 41 to describe how differences in sequences of Token Requests can affect the application of parameters in the Generic Token Bucket Algorithm, and how this affects the overall rate of tokens shared among Ranks and hence the overall rate of Token Requests declared Green (or Yellow) at each Rank.

Abstract:

This standard amends MEF 41 to describe how differences in sequences of Token Requests can affect the application of parameters in the Generic Token Bucket Algorithm, and how this affects the overall rate of tokens shared among Ranks and hence the overall rate of Token Requests declared Green (or Yellow) at each Rank.


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