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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 24, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert Conrad Knauerhase, Portland, OR (US);
Michael Man-Hak Tso, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 1/16 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 1/16 ;
Abstract
A method for determining effective link speed for communications from a first device to a second device coupled by a communications link includes the steps of transmitting a packet from the first device to the second device; receiving a responsive packet at the first device; and determining an effective link speed for communications between the first device and the second device using a period of time between the transmission and receipt.