Method and apparatus for communicating data within measurement traffic
US7756032B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 17, 2001 |
| Grant date | Jul 13, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 12, 2026 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L43/10
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The present invention is directed to using measurement packets to compute network performance. Embodiments that send, receive and both send and receive measurement packets are described. Some embodiments are described that compute statistics based at least partly on measurement traffic. Some embodiments are described that communicate computed statistics within measurement traffic. Some embodiments are described that rank and select paths based at least partly on computed statistics.
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