Patent ID: 8619602
Filing Date: 2013-12-31
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: sending a plurality of periodic measurement requests to a first computing device on a network, wherein the periodic measurement requests comprise requests to measure the capacity for a class which can carry a plurality of repair streams; receiving data responsive to the measurement requests at a second computing device, wherein the received data responsive to the measurement requests comprises a STUN or RTP/RTCP packet train of a requested length and an average dispersion between the STUN or RTP/RTCP packets in the packet train is measured, wherein the requested length differs in subsequent measurement requests, and wherein the Session Traversal Utilities for NAT (STUN) or Real-Time Transfer Protocol/RTP Control Protocol (RTP/RTCP) packets each have unique identifiers; estimating at least one of a capacity and an available bandwidth of a communications path from the first computing device to the second computing device based on the received data; sending the estimation to the first computing device; storing the estimation; sending the estimation to a remote quality monitoring tool remote from the first computing device and the second computing device; and adjusting transmission settings based on the estimation.