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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2002
David B. Cousins, Barrington, RI (US);
Craig Partridge, East Lansing, MI (US);
W. Timothy Strayer, West Newton, MA (US);
Rajesh Krishnan, Billerica, MA (US);
Tushar Saxena, Lexington, MA (US);
David B. Cousins, Barrington, RI (US);
Craig Partridge, East Lansing, MI (US);
W. Timothy Strayer, West Newton, MA (US);
Rajesh Krishnan, Billerica, MA (US);
Tushar Saxena, Lexington, MA (US);
BBN Technologies Corp., Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
A system acquires information about communication among wired or wireless nodes [] in a network [] by intercepting chunks of data in the network by a wired or wireless tap [] located among the wired or wireless nodes [] in the network. Characteristic information [] about the intercepted chunks of data may be obtained. The characteristic information may include times of arrival [] of the chunks of data at the wired or wireless tap [] and identifiers of wired or wireless source nodes [] that sent the chunks of data. At least one signal may be constructed to represent the characteristic information over time.