diff --git a/router/token_bucket.go b/router/token_bucket.go
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+package router
+
+import (
+	"time"
+)
+
+type TokenBucket struct {
+	capacity             int64         // Maximum capacity of bucket
+	tokenInterval        time.Duration // Token replenishment rate
+	refillDuration       time.Duration // Time to refill from empty
+	earliestUnspentToken time.Time
+}
+
+func NewTokenBucket(capacity int64, tokenInterval time.Duration) *TokenBucket {
+	tb := TokenBucket{
+		capacity:       capacity,
+		tokenInterval:  tokenInterval,
+		refillDuration: tokenInterval * time.Duration(capacity)}
+
+	tb.earliestUnspentToken = tb.capacityToken()
+
+	return &tb
+}
+
+func (tb *TokenBucket) Wait() {
+	// If earliest unspent token is in the future, sleep until then
+	time.Sleep(tb.earliestUnspentToken.Sub(time.Now()))
+
+	// Alternatively, enforce bucket capacity if necessary
+	capacityToken := tb.capacityToken()
+	if tb.earliestUnspentToken.Before(capacityToken) {
+		tb.earliestUnspentToken = capacityToken
+	}
+
+	// 'Remove' a token from the bucket
+	tb.earliestUnspentToken = tb.earliestUnspentToken.Add(tb.tokenInterval)
+}
+
+// Determine the historic token timestamp representing a full bucket
+func (tb *TokenBucket) capacityToken() time.Time {
+	return time.Now().Add(-tb.refillDuration).Truncate(tb.tokenInterval)
+}