Patent ID: 9749213
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A method for microburst testing, the method comprising: defining a test that is divided into one or more test cycles, wherein each test cycle is divided into a number of time intervals for providing packets to destination ports of N ports of a network equipment test device via a plurality of ports of a network switch under test, wherein N is an integer; initializing a replication count, which defines a number of consecutive time intervals during which each of N−1 of the N ports transmits a same number of packets to a same destination port of the N ports of the network equipment test device via at least one of the ports of the network switch under test, executing an instance of the test using the replication count, wherein the number of time intervals during each of the test cycles is equal to N times the replication count, the replication count is initialized to a value of at least two, and, during a first time interval in a first test cycle, each of the N−1 ports transmits the same number of packets to the same destination port, and, during a second time interval of the first test cycle, each of the N−1 ports repeats its transmission of the same number of packets to the same destination port to which the N−1 ports transmitted packets during the first time interval; and monitoring packets switched by each port of the network switch under test to determine an indication of buffering capacity of each port of the network switch under test.