Monitoring of computer network performance
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorDinesh C. Verma
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Abstract
A system for monitoring traffic characteristics between gateways in a computer network. The system includes a processor to construct a packet frame consisting of a sequence of network packets for transmission by a transmit gateway to receive gateways. The processor reorders network packets in the packet frame such that reordered network packets in the packet frame addressed to the same receive gateway of the plurality of receive gateways are send in uninterrupted succession. The processor then transmits the reordered network packets in the packet frame from the transmit gateway to the plurality of receive gateways.
Claims20
A method for monitoring traffic characteristics between gateways in a computer network, the method comprising:
- constructing a first packet frame consisting of a sequence of network packets for transmission by a transmit gateway to a plurality of receive gateways;
- reordering network packets in the first packet frame by a computer processor such that reordered network packets in the first packet frame addressed to the same receive gateway of the plurality of receive gateways are send in uninterrupted succession;
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- transmitting the reordered network packets in the first packet frame from the transmit gateway to the plurality of receive gateways.
A system for monitoring traffic characteristics between gateways in a computer network, the system comprising:
- a transmit gateway;
- a plurality of receive gateways;
- a computer processor configured to:
- construct a first packet frame consisting of a sequence of network packets for transmission by the transmit gateway to the plurality of receive gateways;
- reorder network packets in the first packet frame such that reordered network packets in the first packet frame addressed to the same receive gateway of the plurality of receive gateways are send in uninterrupted succession;
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- transmit the reordered network packets in the first packet frame from the transmit gateway to the plurality of receive gateways.
A computer program product for monitoring traffic characteristics between gateways in a computer network, the computer program product comprising;
- a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code configured to:
- construct a first packet frame consisting of a sequence of network packets for transmission by a transmit gateway to a plurality of receive gateways;
- reorder network packets in the first packet frame such that reordered network packets in the first packet frame addressed to the same receive gateway of the plurality of receive gateways are send in uninterrupted succession;
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- transmit the reordered network packets in the first packet frame from the transmit gateway to the plurality of receive gateways.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.