Patent ID: 7869368

Claim:
A measurement method for use in a data packet transmission network, wherein a stream of packets of data sent by a first terminal passes in transit through at least one network equipment with which there is associated a stream measurement unit, wherein said first terminal and said measurement unit are connected to a collection unit, said method comprising the following steps: the first terminal generating a stream of packets, comprising first and second session status control packets; the measurement unit analyzing only said first and/or second session status control packets of said stream, said first session status control packet being a connection initiation packet and said second session status control packet being a connection closure packet, passing in transit through the network equipment; the first terminal sending the collection unit a sent packet stream description comprising at least the number of packets sent; the stream measurement unit sending the collection unit a stream description comprising at least one information item indicating the number of analyzed packets; and the collection unit identifying each analyzed packet of the stream as a function of the stream description to correlate said stream description and said sent packet stream description packet by packet.