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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2005
Jay Price, Lake Forest, CA (US);
Allen J. Huotari, Garden Grove, CA (US);
Manrique Brenes, Corona Del Mar, CA (US);
Matthew B. Mcrae, Laguna Beach, CA (US);
Jay Price, Lake Forest, CA (US);
Allen J. Huotari, Garden Grove, CA (US);
Manrique Brenes, Corona Del Mar, CA (US);
Matthew B. McRae, Laguna Beach, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a VoIP-integrated router operable to interface with analog telephones and digital devices is provided. The VoIP-integrated router is configured to perform a method of estimating the upstream data rate of a modem, comprising transmitting packets at a known rate from the VoIP-integrated router through an upstream path for the modem to a node; during the transmission of the packets, transmitting Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) PING messages to the node; and based upon an examination of the PING messages and the known rate, estimating the upstream data rate of the modem.