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Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2021

Filed:

Dec. 13, 2017
Applicant:

British Telecommunications Public Limited Company, London, GB;

Inventors:

Michael Nilsson, London, GB;

Stephen Appleby, London, GB;

Yousif Humeida, London, GB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 25/03 (2006.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04L 12/825 (2013.01); H04L 12/841 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 43/0882 (2013.01); H04L 43/0841 (2013.01); H04L 43/0888 (2013.01); H04L 47/25 (2013.01); H04L 47/283 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of determining the bandwidth of a link carrying a plurality of data streams between a plurality of sources and a plurality of destinations in a network, the method including sending data packets from a first data stream over the link from one source to one destination at a first transmission rate, and measuring an associated first packet loss rate; sending further data packets from the first data stream over the link from the one source to the one destination at a second transmission rate, and measuring an associated second packet loss rate; and determining the bandwidth of the link in dependence on the first and second packet loss rates and the first and second transmission rates.


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