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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2006
Alfredo Aldereguia, Cary, NC (US);
Grace Ann Richter, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Jeffrey B. Williams, Raleigh, NC (US);
Alfredo Aldereguia, Cary, NC (US);
Grace Ann Richter, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Jeffrey B. Williams, Raleigh, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for assessing error over a communication link. The apparatus for assessing error is provided with a logic unit containing a plurality of modules configured to execute the necessary steps of creating one or more test packets, determining an amount of test packets to send over a communication link to a receiving node, sending a plurality of test packets over the communication link to a receiving node, interspersing test packets throughout a plurality of data packets such that the receiving node is able to continually process the data packets, and checking test packets received by the receiving node for errors.