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Monitoring apparatus and method for determination of location of packet loss

US9571365B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 31, 2013
Grant dateFeb 14, 2017
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Expiry dateOct 11, 2033

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L43/0829
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A monitoring apparatus includes a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to receive plural acknowledgment packets each including an identifier for identifying a packet and information indicating selective acknowledgment which are transmitted from a reception node that has received a data packet transmitted from a transmission node via a network to the transmission node via the network, and determine that a data packet loss occurs in the reception node in a case where a first identifier and first information included in a first acknowledgment packet among the plural acknowledgment packets are respectively matched with a second identifier and second information included in a second acknowledgment packet received after the first acknowledgment packet among the plural acknowledgment packets.

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