Traffic shaping is a way to help increase network performance by controlling the amount of data that flows into and out of the network. Traffic is categorized, queued, and directed according to networ [..]

See traffic management.

using network routers to apply delivery priorities to data packets traversing the Internet, based on the content, source, or destination of the packets. Example: packets carrying time-sensitive data f [..]

 technique which delays some packets to bring them into compliance with a desired traffic profile.

Traffic shaping, also known as packet shaping, Quality of Service (QoS) or 

The alteration of a traffic stream on a particular connection to increase network efficiency. Trailer