Patent ID: 8477651
Filing Date: 2013-07-02
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for providing a performance improvement recommendation for a connection between a first network node in communication with a second network node, the method comprising: (a) transmitting information from the first node to the second node to provide communication between the nodes, via a plurality of transmission components different from the first node and the second node, the plurality of transmission components comprising a component for each section of a physical connection between the first node and the second node; (b) measuring an elapsed time of transmission of the information between a subset of the plurality of transmission components different from the first node and the second node to generate measurements, the aggregation of the measurements representing time elapsed for end-to-end transmission of the information that includes preparing, by the first node, the information for transmission and processing, by the second node, the information upon receipt; (c) determining when one of the plurality of measured transmission components has a performance that is within a range, wherein the range corresponds to an average update latency of the one of the plurality of measured transmission components being less than an average update latency for all sessions in a period of time; and (d) identifying a recommendation to improve the performance of the component determined in step (c).