The maximum rate, in kilobits per second, at which traffic shaped using this rate criteria will be transmitted over a given period of time. Transmitted traffic may exceed this rate for short periods in accordance with the associated burst size. Typically, this value specifies the rate at which tokens are added to a token bucket used to shape flows. This object specifies a rate in kilobits per second units such that, for example, a value of 100 equates to a shaped flow being transmitted at a maximum rate of 100,000 bits per second.