Patent Document ID: 5450400
Application ID: 08234275
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A traffic generator (TFG) generating a packet information stream (OUT) comprising information packets of a plurality of traffic sources (S0-255, G240-241), said generator including a generation memory (GT) for storing a series of individual source related data (Group A-E), and a generation means (GM) to cyclically read said series of individual source related data (Group A-E) and to generate a packet for each individual source related data (Group A-E) read, characterized in that the generation memory (GT) relates each of said individual source related data (Group A-E) to at least one of said plurality of traffic sources (S0-255, G240-241) as well as to generation decision data (GD, GEOT) associated thereto, and based on said generation decision data (GD, GEOT), said generation means (GM) determines whether a packet is to be generated for said at least one traffic source (S0-255, G240-241) or not, and generates an idle packet if no packet is to be generated for said at least one traffic source (S0-255, G240-241).