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Figure 37. Steps 5 and 6 of the Token Bucket Process
Step 7: At the end of the time interval, the token bucket is primed with a new complement of tokens. The number of
tokens that are added to the bucket is calculated as the Rate divided by 4000.
Step 8: So begins the next time interval and the same process continues. For each packet that arrives in that given
interval, if enough tokens exist, then the packet will be sent and the corresponding amount of tokens removed from
the bucket. If there are not enough tokens, then the packet will be marked down (and forwarded) or dropped.
Figure 38. Step 7 and 8 of the Token Bucket Process
More details on this process will be provided in the next section.