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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2006
Applicants:
Chiat Earl Chew, Vancouver, CA;
Laura Choy, Burnaby, CA;
Kevin M. Cattell, North Vancouver, CA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Ixia, Calabasas, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 3/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for testing and measuring the performance of a network for delivering multimedia is disclosed. A multimedia source is divided into data packets according to a packetizing standard. Each data packet includes a header and a payload containing a portion of the multimedia. N data packets (N>0) are grouped together into a packet bundle. Then, instrumentation is inserted into the header of at least one data packet within the packet bundle. The instrumentation includes information used in determining performance characteristics of the network.