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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2002
Jeffrey Todd Hicks, Cary, NC (US);
John Lee Wood, Raleigh, NC (US);
Gary Michael Weichinger, Cary, NC (US);
Steven Thomas Joyce, Raleigh, NC (US);
Jeffrey Todd Hicks, Cary, NC (US);
John Lee Wood, Raleigh, NC (US);
Gary Michael Weichinger, Cary, NC (US);
Steven Thomas Joyce, Raleigh, NC (US);
NetIQ Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems and computer program products are provided for evaluating performance of a network that supports packetized communications. A network test protocol that is associated with the packetized communication is initiated and network performance data is obtained based on the initiated network test protocol. An overall network quality rating is generated based on the obtained performance data and a network impairment indicator is calculated based on the overall network quality rating.