Patent ID: 7508815
Filing Date: 2009-03-24
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer program product being embodied on a computer readable hardware structure for using voice data traffic to reproduce a user experience for facilitating troubleshooting at least one of a plurality of VoIP stations, said computer program product comprising computer-executable instructions for: retrieving packets of said voice data traffic associated with the at least one of the VoIP stations; identifying time stamps associated with said retrieved packets; determining an amount of jitter associated with each of said retrieved packets at least partially dependently upon said identified time stamps; determining whether each of said retrieved packets will fit into a jitter buffer at least partially dependently upon said determined amounts of jitter; dropping select ones of said retrieved packets dependently upon said determining whether each of said retrieved packets will fit into said jitter buffer; and, filling a buffer with at least select ones of said retrieved data packets not dropped.