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Method for testing stateful network communications devices

US7496664B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Ixia · US

Inventors

Clifford Hannel · Thousand Oaks, US
Douglas Schafer · Malibu, US
Errol Ginsberg · Malibu, US
Gerald Pepper · Thousand Oaks, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 24, 2007
Grant date	Feb 24, 2009
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 1, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L69/16
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

There is disclosed a method for testing a stateful network communications device. A plurality of stateful and simulated stateless connections are established with the device under test. Packets are sent to the device under test, and responses are received from the device enter test, over the stateless and stateful connections. Measurements are obtained for at least one of the stateless and stateful connections.

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