Traffic shaping regulates the data transmission rate by buffering excess packets and transmitting them evenly over time, which helps to smooth out traffic bursts and conform to a specified rate. This prevents congestion and ensures efficient use of network resources. Traffic policing, on the other hand, drops or re-marks packets that exceed the configured rate without buffering them, which can lead to packet loss. Congestion avoidance and queuing manage traffic differently and do not specifically use buffering to regulate traffic flow.
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