System for end-to-end measurement of network information
AssigneeAlcatel
InventorsOlivier Martinot, Stephane Betge-Brezetz, Gerard Delegue, Emmanuel Marilly
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Abstract
The invention relates to measuring information within a telecommunication network. The information is measured by means of probes and then centralized at a measurement system. The measurement system then determines a measurement value as a function of the measurement information.
Claims7
A measurement system including a receiver for receiving measurement information collected by a set of measurement probes connected to a telecommunication network and relating to packets of data in transit in said telecommunication network, a correlator for combining measurement information relating to the same data packet, and a calculator for determining a measurement value from said combined measurement information.
An end-to-end measurement method including a step for collecting measurement information relating to packets of data in transit on a telecommunication network from a set of measurement probes connected to said telecommunication network, a correlation step for combining measurement information relating to the same data packet, and a calculation step for determining a measurement value from said combined measurement information.
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