Patent ID: 11909615
Assignee: ACCEDIAN NETWORKS INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 6:
7. A system for obtaining one or more performance measurements relating to a test path of a network, said test path comprising an originator device and multiple reflectors devices, the system comprising:
a test protocol data unit generated by the originator device and transmitted to a first reflector device along the test path;
one or more performance measurements collected at each of said multiple reflector devices; and
said test protocol data unit is relayed by one reflector device to a subsequent reflector device downstream in the test path until a last reflector device in the test path is reached;
wherein each of said multiple reflector devices transmits a copy of said test protocol data unit with said one or more performance measurements and a timestamp directly back to said originator device.