What are the differences between traffic policing and traffic shaping?

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For traffic shaping, the router buffers excess packets until the bandwidth is available again.

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For traffic shaping, you can adjust the usage of the buffer for the traffic that exceeds the CIR.

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For traffic policing, you can adjust the usage of the buffer for the traffic that exceeds the CIR.

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Traffic policing uses the token bucket algorithm and traffic shaping uses the SPD algorithm.

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Traffic shaping is applied in the inbound direction and traffic policing is applied in the outbound direction.

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