Patent ID: 9167457
Filing Date: 2015-10-20
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: receiving, by a network device on a network, channel data for a plurality of packets transmitted on a channel of the network; identifying a plurality of parameters, wherein the plurality of parameters includes a retry rate; determining a set of retry packets, wherein the plurality of packets transmitted on the channel includes the retry packets; determining a subset of the set of retry packets, wherein the subset of the set of retry packets excludes retry packets from the set of retry packets that are determined to be invalid; determining the retry rate using the channel data for the subset of the set of retry packets; comparing the identified parameters to threshold values to determine which parameters exceed their respective threshold values; and calculating a quality metric based on the parameters that exceed their respective threshold values, wherein the two more of the plurality of parameters includes the retry rate.