US Patent 7116636 Data rate adjuster using transport latency

An apparatus and method for reducing the data rate in a network using a delay processor. Since an increase in the data rate can overwhelm parts of the network hardware, such as a router, a delay processor is introduced so that data is delayed by a fixed amount so as to lower the data rate. A configuration table determines the amount of delay. A slowly changing amount of delay can be used in place of a fixed amount.