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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 24, 2008
Cheng Tien EE, Rockaway, NJ (US);
Lee M. Breslau, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Kadangode K. Ramakrishnan, Berkeley Heights, NJ (US);
Cheng Tien Ee, Rockaway, NJ (US);
Lee M. Breslau, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Kadangode K. Ramakrishnan, Berkeley Heights, NJ (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
Example methods and apparatus to monitor network layer functionalities are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes receiving a first probe packet at an input of a first server, the first probe packet being received from a router, the first probe packet being generated and transmitted from a second server that is one-hop away from the first server in a network, determining if the first server is a final destination of the first probe packet, and if the first server is not the final destination of the first probe packet, generating a second probe packet and transmitting the second probe packet to the router for transmission toward the final destination.