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US 2010/0074139 A1Published application
Systems and Methods of Measuring Data Transport Utilization
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorArvind R. Mallya
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Abstract
The disclosure is generally directed to a system and method of measuring transport utilization of data that is to be multiplexed and transmitted over a digital transport facility. In a particular embodiment, the system includes a traffic management reporting device to provide a report including performance information. The performance information is determined based at least in part on a count of stuff bits included in a user data frame having a fixed size payload.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a traffic management reporting device to provide a report including performance information, wherein the performance information is determined based at least in part on a count of stuff bits included in a user data frame having a fixed size payload.
A user data frame comprising:
- a traffic portion that is used to handle communication of user data;
- and
- an unused portion including a set of stuff bits arranged in a detectible pattern, wherein a count of the stuff bits is associated with a measure of transport utilization of a data communication channel over which the user data frame is transported.
A communication system comprising:
- a data multiplexing device, the data multiplexing device including a first input data channel and a multiplexed output, wherein the first input data channel is associated with a first user data frame, the first user data frame comprising a fixed size data payload and the first user data frame comprising:
- a first traffic portion including first user data;
- and
- a first unused portion that includes a first set of stuff bits;
- and
- an element manager coupled to the data multiplexing device, wherein the element manager is configured to provide a measurement report that includes an indication of a utilization associated with the first input data channel, the indication based at least in part on a count of the first set of stuff bits.
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