Traffic pattern information for a local area network
US5038345A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 30, 1989 |
| Grant date | Aug 6, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 30, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L43/026
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A traffic analyzer (16) for a local area network (10) having multiple stations (14) that exchange message packets (24) receives selected ones of the message packets (24). The analyzer (16) stores a message packet table (TABLE(0)-TABLE(6)) and generates a table pointer (P) as a function of both the source address (S) and the destination address (D) of each received packet (24). A record (S,D,N) of each received packet (24) is stored in the table entry (TABLE(P)) associated with the table pointer value (P) for the respective received packet (24), where N is equal to the number of received packets having the source address S and the destination address D.
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