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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2007
Manoj M. Deshpande, San Diego, CA (US);
Arnaud Meylan, Bois-Colombes, FR;
Ranjith S. Jayaram, San Diego, CA (US);
Sanjiv Nanda, Ramona, CA (US);
Alok Aggarwal, Foster City, CA (US);
Manoj M. Deshpande, San Diego, CA (US);
Arnaud Meylan, Bois-Colombes, FR;
Ranjith S. Jayaram, San Diego, CA (US);
Sanjiv Nanda, Ramona, CA (US);
Alok Aggarwal, Foster City, CA (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for determining the quality of a communication link transmitting a specified packet type are disclosed. The methodology includes configuring first packets, which share transmission characteristics with a specific packet type, such as a Voice over IP packet, such that the first packets experience similar communication link treatment as the specific packet type. The first packets are then transmitted over the communication link to a quality monitoring server located near a termination equipment of the particular communication link. Second packets, which are transmitted by the server in response to the first packets, are received and evaluated to determine the quality of the communication link based on characteristics of the second packets. Corresponding apparatus are also disclosed.