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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2004
Nicolas Hohn, Balwyn, AU;
Darryl Neil Veitch, Victoria, AU;
Konstantina Papagiannaki, Cambridge, GB;
Nicolas Hohn, Balwyn, AU;
Darryl Neil Veitch, Victoria, AU;
Konstantina Papagiannaki, Cambridge, GB;
Sprint Communications Company L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);
Abstract
A method for analyzing performance of a network, e.g., a communications network, is provided. In one embodiment, the method includes measuring detailed information relating to packet delays in routers and reporting the gathered information, for instance, using Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). The method hereof provides insight into through-router delays, such insights being particularly useful, for instance, for network providers who may have to comply with allowable delay statistics values across the domains they control.