Round trip delay measurement
US6545979B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 27, 1998 |
| Grant date | Apr 8, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 27, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S370/905
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method for calculating round trip delay (RTD) values in a switched digital network such as an asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) network. A loopback cell such as an ATM operation and maintenance (OAM) cell is used to carry a delta value through the network. The delta value, which represents a processing interval at a loopback node or an intermediate node, is calculated utilizing timestamps generated at specific ingress and egress ports of network nodes. Cell Transfer Delay (CTD) and Cell Delay Variations (CDV) values are calculated based on the measured RTD.
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