End-user oriented performance monitoring system for interactive end-to-end data communications
US6205413A · kind A · utility
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 11, 1998 |
| Grant date | Mar 20, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 11, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L41/5009
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Performance monitoring of network connections is an integral and necessary part of network operation, administration and management. The performance monitoring reflects the "goodness" of the communication system in supporting "high-level" data communication services to end-users. This is done by quantifying the perception of an end-user and using this quantification as a guideline for the capability of the network to provide communication services. The computer implemented process is a user-friendly, automated collection and tabulation of performance measurements that directly reflects the perception of an end-user on the capabilities of the underlying communications network. The disclosure is geared toward the "Web-centric" Internet world, but the method can be adapted to non-Internet communication systems.
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