| CPC H04L 47/2433 (2013.01) [H04L 43/0876 (2013.01); H04L 47/215 (2013.01); H04L 67/10 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |

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1. A method, comprising:
determining, via one or more processors, an amount of network bandwidth available to be processed by flow control nodes within a cloud network for a first time period;
determining, via the one or more processors, a bandwidth allocation for traffic classes for the first time period;
determining, via the one or more processors, a portion of the bandwidth allocation for the flow control nodes;
providing, via the one or more processors, data to the flow control nodes, where the data indicates the portion of the bandwidth allocation for the traffic classes; and
receiving, via the one or more processors, second data that indicates an amount of network traffic routed during the first time period by individual ones of the flow control nodes.
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