This PerfCounter64 counter reports the maximum bits-received value seen in any single 1-second sample on the access-side port during the interval. An admin compares it against the subscriber flow's provisioned capacity to see whether traffic is running near, over, or well under what the port or flow is supposed to carry. If cmFlowHistoryIBRA2NMax on flow 3 settles around 46 Mbps at the most recent completed bin, an operator sizing that flow for an upgrade has a concrete number to compare against its provisioned limit, rather than guessing from aggregate port utilization.