A system and method for performing event-based rate policing using varying window start times. Rate policing overhead, including counter and timer monitoring and resetting, is performed only as needed and in response to actual received traffic on each connection. As the last bit of a data unit is received...http://www.google.de/patents/US6233240?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6233240 - Event based rate policing with a jumping window
