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

Claim 0:
1. A method for obtaining one or more performance measurements relating to a test path of a network, said test path comprising an originator device and multiple reflector devices, the method comprising:
generating by the originator device a test protocol data unit;
collecting performance measurements of performance parameters at each of said multiple reflector devices;
inserting said performance measurements and a timestamp in said test protocol data unit with a unique identifier corresponding to a corresponding reflector device;
transmitting by each of said reflector device said performance measurements directly back to said originator device; and
relaying, by each reflector device, said test protocol data unit to a subsequent reflector device along said test path until a last reflector device in the test path is reached.