Patent ID: 7607093

Claim:
A network analyzing system comprising a network analyzer and a display device, wherein the network analyzer comprises: a frame monitoring device in communication with a network, the frame monitoring device being operative to monitor frames transmitted through a segment of the network; a frame decoder in communication with the frame monitoring device, the frame decoder being operative to decode the frames to provide decode information, the decode information related to characteristics of the frames and transmission activity of the frames; a decode information buffer in communication with the frame decoder, the decode information buffer being operative to store the decode information; and a display generating system in communication with the decode information buffer, the display generating system being operative to generate a graphical display view that presents the decode information in a diagrammatic form, the diagrammatic form further comprising: a graph having a first axis and a second axis, the first axis having an identification of each individual node of at least a subset of a plurality of nodes within the segment of the network, the second axis representing time; and a graphical representation of each frame displayed in association with its respective node at a specific time; wherein each individual frame is represented by a separate block; wherein the display device is arranged in communication with the display generating system, the display device being operative to display the graphical display view of the decode information.