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Response time measurement apparatus and method

US5781449A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 10, 1995
Grant dateJul 14, 1998
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Expiry dateAug 10, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L43/12
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention provides a method and apparatus for measuring transaction response times. The method and apparatus can identify service request sequences corresponding to a transaction and the start and stop times for the transaction. The invention can be applied non-intrusively/non-invasively to the service packets communicated between a source and destination node.

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