Patent ID: 8842578
Filing Date: 2014-09-23
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of generating an end-to-end (E2E) profile that characterizes an E2E application packet flow (E2E-APF) path between first and second applications respectively hosted on first and second communication devices and exchanging information over a plurality of communication networks, the method comprising: acquiring communication device data associated with at least one of the first and second communication devices; tracing an E2E-APF path traversing the plurality of networks over which packets comprising the exchanged information propagate by determining a network segment that the E2E-APF path traverses in each of two different networks of the plurality of networks that the E2E-APF path traverses; performing a measurement in each of at least two of the plurality of networks that the E2E-APF path traverses to acquire quality of service (QoS) data; generating an E2E-APF profile responsive to the QoS and communication device data, and the E2E-APF path.