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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2003
Applicant:
Lawrence W. Jones, Woburn, MA (US);
Inventor:
Lawrence W. Jones, Woburn, MA (US);
Assignee:
Verizon Laboratories Inc., Waltham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/455 (2006.01); G06F 17/50 (2006.01); G06G 7/48 (2006.01); G06G 7/62 (2006.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 12/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
System, methods and apparatii are provided for emulating the performance effect on network traffic flow traversing a node in a communications network. According to one illustrative embodiment, a method of emulating the performance effect on network traffic through a node is provided that includes generating foreground traffic through the node; simulating background traffic at the node; determining an effect of the background traffic on the foreground traffic; and making a forwarding decision with respect to the foreground traffic based on the effect.