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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2021
Applicant:
Telecom Italia S.p.a., Milan, IT;
Inventor:
Mauro Cociglio, Turin, IT;
Assignee:
TELECOM ITALIA S.p.A., Milan, IT;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/121 (2022.01); H04L 43/0864 (2022.01); H04L 43/16 (2022.01); H04L 45/12 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/121 (2013.01); H04L 43/0864 (2013.01); H04L 43/16 (2013.01); H04L 45/123 (2013.01);
Abstract
It is disclosed a method for performing a RTT measurement on a bidirectional packet flow transmitted between two nodes of a packet-switched communication network. Each node applies a respective marking value to its outgoing packets, and switches outgoing packet does not exceed a predefined time threshold. An intermediate measurement point may provide an RTT measurement as a time lapsing between two consecutive switching of the marking value in the packets transmitted in a certain direction.