Method for reporting the time distribution of a succession of events
First Claim
1. A method for reporting a time distribution of a succession of specified events, comprising an initialization of a sampling quantity consisting of a positive integer and a plurality of successive iterations of a scheme comprising the steps of:
- detecting a number of events equal to the sampling quantity and metering a sampling time taken to detect said number of events;
quantizing the sampling time metered in the preceding step to output coding data representing a quantized value of said sampling time; and
updating the sampling quantity as a function of parameters including said quantized value of the sampling time.
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Abstract
To report the time distribution of a succession of specified events such as occurrences of particular data elements in telecommunications equipment, the method comprises an initialization of a sampling quantity consisting of a positive integer and several successive iterations of a scheme comprising the following steps: detection of a number of events equal to the sampling quantity and metering of a sampling time taken to detect said number of events; quantization of the sampling time metered in the previous step so as to output coding data representing a quantized value of the metered sampling time; and updating of the sampling quantity as a function of parameters including the quantized value of this sampling time.
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30 Claims
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1. A method for reporting a time distribution of a succession of specified events, comprising an initialization of a sampling quantity consisting of a positive integer and a plurality of successive iterations of a scheme comprising the steps of:
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detecting a number of events equal to the sampling quantity and metering a sampling time taken to detect said number of events;
quantizing the sampling time metered in the preceding step to output coding data representing a quantized value of said sampling time; and
updating the sampling quantity as a function of parameters including said quantized value of the sampling time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 17)
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11. Telecommunication equipment, comprising means for transmitting and/or receiving traffic including successive data elements, means for detecting occurrences of data elements of a particular type in said traffic and coding means for outputting coding data reporting a time distribution of the occurrences detected, wherein the coding means comprise means for initializing a sampling quantity consisting of a positive integer and iterative processing means including:
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means for metering a sampling time taken in one iteration to detect a number of events equal to the sampling quantity;
means for quantizing the sampling time metered in said iteration to output coding data representing a quantized value of said sampling time; and
means for updating the sampling quantity for a next iteration as a function of parameters including said quantized value of the sampling time. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A computer program product, loadable into a memory associated with a processor, and comprising code portions for implementing, in an execution of said program by the processor, a method for reporting a time distribution of a succession of specified events, comprising an initialization of a sampling quantity consisting of a positive integer and a plurality of successive iterations of a scheme comprising the steps of:
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detecting a number of events equal to the sampling quantity and metering a sampling time taken to detect said number of events;
quantizing the sampling time metered in the preceding step to output coding data representing a quantized value of said sampling time; and
updating the sampling quantity as a function of parameters including said quantized value of the sampling time. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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