Inducing protocol violations for identifying a stream of information
US8699523B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 1, 2011 |
| Grant date | Apr 15, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 22, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L1/0082
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In one embodiment, protocol violations of a particular protocol are induced at one or more predetermined intervals within a particular stream of information encoded according to the particular protocol in order to produce a marked particular stream of information for use in subsequent identification of the marked particular stream of information. The marked stream is multiplexed or otherwise communicated to a second device. The second device detects, and typically corrects, the induced protocol violations. And based on which stream of information included the induced protocol violations and the multiplexing/distribution pattern of the other streams of information, the second device can identify which stream is which and process or forward accordingly.
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