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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2011

Filed:

May. 30, 2007
Applicants:

Clarence Filsfils, Brussels, BE;

Kris Michielsen, Keerbergen, BE;

Peter DE Vriendt, Denderleeuw, BE;

Emmanuel Tychon, Fexhe-le-Haut-Clocher, BE;

Inventors:

Clarence Filsfils, Brussels, BE;

Kris Michielsen, Keerbergen, BE;

Peter De Vriendt, Denderleeuw, BE;

Emmanuel Tychon, Fexhe-le-Haut-Clocher, BE;

Assignee:

Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A system and method for measuring convergence performance in a network are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving a plurality of probes at a network device, temporarily storing data from at least a portion of the received probes and deleting at least a portion of the temporarily stored data at regular intervals, and receiving a packet indicating a convergence event and storing data from probes received over a predetermined period.


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