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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2013
Koninklijke Kpn N.v., The Hague, NL;
Nederlandse Organisatie Voor Toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek Tno, The Hague, NL;
Hans Maarten Stokking, Wateringen, NL;
Frank Den Hartog, Voorschoten, NL;
Koninklijke KPN N.V., Rotterdam, NL;
Nederlandse Organisatie voor Toegepast-Natuurwetenschapperlijk Onderzoek TNO, The Hague, NL;
Abstract
A method is presented of probing a network using probing with a probe packet pair, the pair comprising a first probe packet (L) and a second probe packet (L), and wherein L>L. The Lprobe packet is transmitted before Land the probe packets are arranged to be back-to-back on the last link. Use of the method provides the capacity of the last link in the probed path. The method may be run from a gateway in a network to probe aspects of the network and is suitable for probing a domestic network behind a home gateway. A use for the method is also described.