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Signature field in a latency measurement frame

US7594159B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims
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Filing dateOct 26, 2004
Grant dateSep 22, 2009
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Expiry dateDec 14, 2027

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L63/16
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Information is added to an encapsulated payload in a data field of a frame subsequently to placing a checksum into a checksum field of a header encapsulating the payload, wherein the checksum has been determined from byte values of the header and the payload, yet having the checksum remaining detectable as valid upon interpretation of the header and the payload. A signature field that contains the information is inserted into the data field. The signature field has a checksum cheater subfield. A one's complement of a checksum determined from byte values of the information is then placed into the checksum cheater subfield. Accordingly, the checksum in the checksum field of the header remains valid.

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