* configuration TLV is created. Upon each interval, the latest statistics
* will be read from &bstats and the estimated rate will be stored in
* &rate_est with the statistics lock grabed during this period.
* configuration TLV is created. Upon each interval, the latest statistics
* will be read from &bstats and the estimated rate will be stored in
* &rate_est with the statistics lock grabed during this period.