Patent ID: 9742650
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A method, comprising: receiving, from a source endpoint node by a destination endpoint node, a forward packet train including a first plurality of test packets over a path in a forward direction, wherein at least one of the first plurality of test packets includes a reverse packet field containing an inter-packet time interval and the forward packet train is transmitted by the source endpoint node at a first rate; and transmitting, by said destination endpoint node to said source endpoint node at a second rate that is different from the first rate, a corresponding reverse packet train including a second plurality of test packets over the path in a reverse direction, each of the test packets in the second plurality of test packets corresponding to a respective one of said first plurality of test packets, wherein the second rate is indicated by the inter-packet time interval in the at least one of the first plurality of test packets.