Patent ID: 9304882
Filing Date: 2016-04-05
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method for generating test packets including stateful application layer content, comprising: generating a tokenized test packet using a first co-processor within a multi-stage test packet processor, the first co-processor determining stateful application layer content desired for an application layer test packet, identifying a token value associated with the desired stateful application layer content, and inserting the token value into a test packet to form the tokenized test packet, the tokenized test packet comprising non-application layer content and the token value representing the desired stateful application layer content; forwarding the tokenized test packet to a second co-processor within the multi-stage test packet processor; receiving the tokenized test packet at the second co-processor; forming an application layer test packet using the second co-processor to replace the token value within the tokenized test packet with stateful application layer content associated with the token value; repeating the generating and forwarding steps at the first co-processor to generate a plurality of tokenized test packets; repeating the receiving and forming steps at the second co-processor to form a plurality of application layer test packets; and forwarding the application layer test packets from the second co-processor to one or more devices under test within a communication system.