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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2016
Filed:
May. 15, 2013
Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Staffan Bonnier, Askim, SE;
Samita Chakrabarti, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Mahmood Hossain, Cupertino, CA (US);
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (publ), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
In exemplary embodiments in the present disclosure a method in a first Network Node for measuring network characteristics using a performance measuring protocol is defined. The method comprises receiving a message, extracting a network address of a second network node from said message, and storing said network address of said second network node. The method further comprises setting up a session for measuring network characteristics using said performance measuring protocol between said first network node and said second network node utilizing said network address.