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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2007
Applicant:
Robert Biskner, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Inventor:
Robert Biskner, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 43/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A first network device determines flow statistics information associated with a flow. The first network device modulates the time-to-live (TTL) header field in a packet associated with the flow to include flow statistics information. The packet includes a header and a payload. The first network device transmits the packet to a second network device. The second network device demodulates the TTL header field to determine flow statistics information.