Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput – Computer network managing – Computer network monitoring
Reexamination Certificate
2007-02-27
2007-02-27
Dharia, Rupal (Department: 2141)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput
Computer network managing
Computer network monitoring
C709S225000, C709S228000, C709S233000, C709S246000
Reexamination Certificate
active
09636004
ABSTRACT:
The fast dynamic measurement of connection bandwidth utilizes a single pair of packets to calculate bandwidth between two entities on a network (such as the Internet). This calculation is based upon the packet-pair technique. This bandwidth measurement is extremely quick. On its journey across a network, communication equipment and modems may compress a packet. This compression shrinks the size of the packet; thus, it can distort the bandwidth calculation using such a shrunken packet. To avoid this distortion, the fast dynamic measurement of connection bandwidth employs non-compressible packets. More specifically, it employs highly entropic packets. Therefore, a packet cannot be compressed during its journey. In addition, on its journey across a network, packets may be rerouted, delayed, misrouted, and the like. These momentary delays may result in a momentary bad bandwidth calculation. This problem is ameliorated by using a history list at the client that keeps track of recent measurements. The client returns the median of that list to the server. That median is the specified bandwidth.
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Batterberry Troy D.
Brown Thomas B.
del Val David
Schiefelbein William F.
Dharia Rupal
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