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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2009
Sudeep Das, Bangalore, IN;
Anil Z. Chakravarthy, Bangalore, IN;
Sameer Shashikant Paranjape, Bangalore, IN;
Sudeep Das, Bangalore, IN;
Anil Z. Chakravarthy, Bangalore, IN;
Sameer Shashikant Paranjape, Bangalore, IN;
McAfee, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for determining a hop count between network devices utilizing a binary search. In use, a hop count range is identified based on a maximum hop count value. Furthermore, a plurality of packets are sent from a source device to a destination device for determining a hop count between the source device and the destination device, each of the packets having a different hop count threshold configured based on a binary search applied to the hop count range.