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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2026
Filed:
May. 10, 2024
Centurylink Intellectual Property Llc, Denver, CO (US);
Patrick Giagnocavo, Littleton, CO (US);
Michael Stillman, Pensacola, FL (US);
CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC, Denver, CO (US);
Abstract
Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing variable latency testing. In various embodiments, a computing system may identify a plurality of network devices among network devices that are distributed across a network, based on a set of characteristics for testing a target device in the network. The computing system establishes a plurality of paths, each path corresponding to a path between the target device and one of the plurality of network devices. The plurality of paths includes at least one path having a latency that is different from a latency of other paths and/or at least one path having a connection speed or bandwidth that is different from a connection speed or bandwidth of other paths. The computing system initiates network tests along each established path, analyzes results of the network tests, and presents at least one of the results of the network tests or analyses of the results.