Udping - continuous one-way monitoring of multiple network links
AssigneeVerizon Media Inc.
InventorsIan Flint, Igor Gashinsky
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus for monitoring network links are disclosed. In one implementation, a client device composes a plurality of data packets and transmits the data packets via a network to a server via two or more ports of the client device. The data packets are transmitted via multiple paths across the network. After transmitting the data packets to the server, the client device composes and transmits a control packet to the server, where the control packet indicates a total number of the data packets that have been transmitted by the client device to the server.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- composing, by a client device, a plurality of data packets;
- transmitting, by the client device to a server, the plurality of data packets via one or more ports of a plurality of ports of the client device;
- composing, by the client device, a control packet, wherein the control packet indicates a size of each of the plurality of data packets;
- and
- transmitting, by the client device, the control packet to the server.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory, at least one of the processor or the memory being configured to:
- compose a plurality of data packets;
- transmit the plurality of data packets to a server via one or more ports of a plurality of ports of a client device;
- compose a control packet, wherein the control packet indicates a size of each of the plurality of data packets;
- and
- transmit the control packet to the server.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing thereon computer-readable instructions that, when executed, cause a processor to:
- compose a plurality of data packets;
- transmit the plurality of data packets via one or more ports of a plurality of ports of a client device;
- and
- compose a control packet, wherein the control packet indicates a size of each of the plurality of data packets.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.