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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2002
Mark J. Bearden, Woodstock, GA (US);
Scott Vincent Bianco, Suffern, NY (US);
Lorraine Denby, Berkeley Heights, NJ (US);
Bengi Karacali, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Jean Meloche, Madison, NJ (US);
David Thomas Stott, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Shane M. Sullivan, Plano, TX (US);
Mark J. Bearden, Woodstock, GA (US);
Scott Vincent Bianco, Suffern, NY (US);
Lorraine Denby, Berkeley Heights, NJ (US);
Bengi Karacali, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Jean Meloche, Madison, NJ (US);
David Thomas Stott, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Shane M. Sullivan, Plano, TX (US);
Avaya Technology Corp., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
Techniques are disclosed for improved monitoring and analysis of VoIP communications, multimedia communications or other types of network traffic in a network-based communication system. In accordance with one aspect of the invention, an endpoint device of the system includes an integrated call synthesis capability. More particularly, the endpoint device is configurable into at least a first mode of operation in which the device responds to one or more commands from a testing server of the system directing the device to participate in a synthetic call or other test communication within the system, and a second mode of operation in which the device is utilizable by a system user to establish an actual communication. Other aspects of the invention relating to kernel timestamping and timestamp post-processing provide improved accuracy for measurements such as jitter, loss and delay.