Patent ID: 7313635
Filing Date: 2007-12-25
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for simulating delay in a receiving network node responding to a request, comprising the steps of: responsive to a determination that a simulation is to be performed of the receiving network node receiving a request from a sending network node and sending, after a delay, a response to the sending network node, wherein the response services the request, intercepting one or more data packets of at least one of: in response to intercepting a data packet form the sending network node, sending an acknowledgment message to the sending network node, wherein the acknowledgment message simulates that the receiving network node has received the intercepted data packet; retaining the data packets; releasing the data packets after the specified delay time, wherein delaying the data packets simulates the receiving network node receiving the request from the sending network node and sending the response to the request after the specified delay time; and forwarding the data packets after the specified delay time to one of the receiving network node and the sending network node.