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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2000
Yuval Shavitt, Marlboro, NJ (US);
Xiaodong Sun, Piscataway, NJ (US);
Avishai Wool, Livingston, NJ (US);
Bulent Yener, New York City, NY (US);
Yuval Shavitt, Marlboro, NJ (US);
Xiaodong Sun, Piscataway, NJ (US);
Avishai Wool, Livingston, NJ (US);
Bulent Yener, New York City, NY (US);
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method for mapping a network, in accordance with the present invention, includes providing distance measurements between tracers in the network, determining routes along which the distance measurements are made, and creating a system of equations which links the distance measurements between the nodes with a sum of the delays between the nodes which comprise the routes. Additional information is extracted about distances of subpaths of the routes to provide additional details to a map of the network. The additional information provides a capability of estimation of distances between nodes without tracers.