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Monitoring quality of service in packet-based communications

US7796524B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 6, 2000
Grant dateSep 14, 2010
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 9, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L43/0852
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method of monitoring quality of service in communications over a packet-based network, involves transmitting test packets across the network and monitoring transmission characteristics such as packet loss and transmission delay for the test packets. A measure of network performance is then dynamically calculated from the transmission characteristics, and is displayed at the endpoint as a dynamic indication of the network performance.

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