System and method for determining segment and link bandwidth capacities

a bandwidth capacity and segment technology, applied in the field of system and method, can solve the problems of inefficient use of a link(s) having one or more slow segments to transmit data flow, and large corporations and government agencies set up even larger and more complex network systems

Inactive Publication Date: 2006-06-08
INTEL CORP
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Large corporations and government agencies set up even larger and more complex network systems.
Oftentimes, there are problems with one or more of the links, and in particular a segment within a link.
Moreover, from time to time, it necessary to have a large amount of data traffic flowing through the network.
In this case, it becomes inefficient to use a link(s) having one or more slow segments to transmit the data flow.
This is because overhead increases due to the re-transmitting of lost or destroyed messages.
However, little or no attempt has been made to measure segment bandwidth capacities.

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[0019] Reference will now be made in detail to the preferred embodiments of the invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. While the present invention will be described in conjunction with the preferred embodiments, it will be understood that they are not intended to limit the invention to these embodiments. On the contrary, the present invention is intended to cover alternatives, modifications and equivalents, which may be included within the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. Moreover, in the following detailed description of the present invention, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention. However, it will be obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art that the present invention may be practiced without these specific details. In other instances, well-known methods, procedures, components and circuits have not been described in detail as not to unn...

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A method for determining bandwidth capacity of a test segment by sending one or more short packet bursts or streams from unique source smart nodes (SNs) over a link, which has the test segment, to one or more destination SNs. Selected source SNs send packet bursts or streams to other selected SNs at precise times so that the packet bursts or streams traverse the test segment simultaneously. Analyses of the traffic flow patterns at the destination SNs, including byte count measurements and time stamps, are used to determine the bandwidth capacity of the test segment.

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RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application is a continuation application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09 / 823,132, filed Mar. 30, 2001, now, U.S. Pat. No. ______.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] 1. Field of the Invention [0003] The present invention generally relates to the determining of bandwidth capacity. More specifically, the present invention relates to a system, method and storage medium embodying computer-readable code for determining segment and link bandwidth capacities in networks and other communication systems. [0004] 2. Discussion of the Related Art [0005] The uses of local area networks (LANs) to interconnect a number of computers and other types of digital systems have become common place in businesses. The use of wide area networks (WANs) or metropolitan area networks (MANs) to interconnect network systems in a more grandiose scale has also become prevalent. Small businesses, the number of which has been estimated to be about 2.4 million in U.S. alone, rou...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): H04J1/16H04L12/24H04L12/26
CPCH04L12/2697H04L41/0896H04L43/50
Inventor GROSS, GERHARD W.
Owner INTEL CORP
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