Method and apparatus for measuring protocol performance in a data communication network
US6654701B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 30, 2001 |
| Grant date | Nov 25, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 30, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L43/50
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An embodiment of the invention provides a mechanism for measuring the performance characteristics of data sent across any communication path configured to carry data between two or more computational devices (e.g., local area networks, wide area network, virtual private networks, wireless networks, or any other type of interconnect mechanism). In a test environment, processing speed is a critical part of producing test equipment that can process network protocol data in real-time. Embodiments of the invention provide network test equipment with a methodology for performing enough lookup processing operations to keep up with the real time frame rates of a gigabit Ethernet network. This is accomplished in accordance with one embodiment of the invention by improving the performance of the connection lookup processor in test devices.
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