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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2009
Kwok Keung Lee, Plano, TX (US);
Hsiang Ann Chen, Austin, TX (US);
Jason Xiaoguang Chen, San Jose, CA (US);
Rakesh Kumar, Austin, TX (US);
Kwok Keung Lee, Plano, TX (US);
Hsiang Ann Chen, Austin, TX (US);
Jason Xiaoguang Chen, San Jose, CA (US);
Rakesh Kumar, Austin, TX (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus to provide hop-by-hop tracking for a communication network is described. In one embodiment, a router verifies that a next downstream router supports tracking and in response, adds a tracking indicator and a timestamp to the data packet. An end router provides a compilation of all the timestamps back to the originating router.
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