Method and apparatus determining the load on a server in a network
US5987493A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 5, 1997 |
| Grant date | Nov 16, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 5, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L43/091
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and apparatus of measuring a server's network load based on information available in standard IP datagrams transmitted by a server from observations at the client. In the described embodiment, the IPID value in the standard IP datagram is used to calculate the number of IP datagrams transmitted by the server. A calculation may then be carried out to determine the rate of transmission and to provide comparisons with historical transmission rates and transmission rates for other servers.
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