How can I rate limit an upload using TcpClient?

Question

I\'m writing a utility that will be uploading a bunch of files, and would like to provide the option to rate limit uploads. What is the best approach for rate limiting uploa

Answer 1

Implementing speed limit is relatively easy, take a look at the following snippet:

const int OneSecond = 1000;

int SpeedLimit = 1024; // Speed limit 1kib/s

int Transmitted = 0;
Stopwatch Watch = new Stopwatch();
Watch.Start();
while(...)
{
    // Your send logic, which return BytesTransmitted
    Transmitted += BytesTransmitted;

    // Check moment speed every five second, you can choose any value
    int Elapsed = (int)Watch.ElapsedMilliseconds;
    if (Elapsed > 5000)
    {
        int ExpectedTransmit = SpeedLimit * Elapsed / OneSecond;
        int TransmitDelta = Transmitted - ExpectedTransmit;
        // Speed limit exceeded, put thread into sleep
        if (TransmitDelta > 0)
            Thread.Wait(TransmitDelta * OneSecond / SpeedLimit);

        Transmitted = 0;
        Watch.Reset();
    }
}
Watch.Stop();

This is draft untested code, but I think it is enough to get the main idea.