Patent ID: 7805287
Filing Date: 2010-09-28
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of emulating network traffic through a node having connections to a server and a client, comprising: (a) generating foreground traffic through the node from the server to the client, wherein the foreground traffic comprises foreground data packets; (b) simulating background traffic internally at the node, the simulated background traffic contending with the foreground traffic at the node; (c) determining, at the node, an effect of the simulated background traffic on the foreground traffic received at the node, wherein the determining comprises simulating a queue based on at least the simulated background traffic and the foreground traffic received at the node, wherein the determining further comprises: (d) making a forwarding decision at the node with respect to the foreground traffic based on the calculated length of the simulated queue, wherein the forwarding decision comprises one of: (i) forwarding at least one of the foreground data packets through the node via an egress media interface to the connection to the client; or discarding at least one of the foreground data packets.