Patent ID: 6321264
Filing Date: 2001-11-20
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
In a communication network comprising computer systems communicatively coupled to each other with communication equipment, a method for quantifying communication performance comprising the steps of:a) a client computer system measuring performance statistics associated with data packets sent and received by said computer systems, said step a) comprising the steps of:a1) applying a first time-stamp to data packets sent by a computer system over said communication equipment and applying a second time-stamp to data packets received by a computer system over said communication equipment;a2) correlating a first data packet sent by a first computer system over said communication network to a second data packet sent by a second computer system over said communication network;a3) computing a difference between said first time-stamp and said second time-stamp; anda4) calculating performance statistics measured on said difference and storing said performance statistics in a memory unit within said first computer system; andb) said client computer system reporting said stored performance statistics to a central computer system.