CA2963245C - Sampling packets to measure network performance - Google Patents

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CA2963245C
CA2963245C CA2963245A CA2963245A CA2963245C CA 2963245 C CA2963245 C CA 2963245C CA 2963245 A CA2963245 A CA 2963245A CA 2963245 A CA2963245 A CA 2963245A CA 2963245 C CA2963245 C CA 2963245C
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    • HELECTRICITY
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    • H04L43/0876Network utilisation, e.g. volume of load or congestion level
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    • H04L43/10Active monitoring, e.g. heartbeat, ping or trace-route
    • H04L43/106Active monitoring, e.g. heartbeat, ping or trace-route using time related information in packets, e.g. by adding timestamps

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