Apparatus and method for measuring one way packet network characteristics at a specific protocol level
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1. An apparatus for measuring network characteristics such as latency, jitter, bandwidth, packet loss, etc. in one way at any protocol level by sending packets to another apparatus over the network under test.
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This invention is an apparatus and a method to measure packet network characteristics such as latency, jitter, bandwidth, packet loss, in one way of the traffic at any protocol or application level such as VoIP, HTTP, MPLS, etc. In addition, round trip measurements can be performed by combining one way measurements in both directions. The invention can be used on any type of packet networks.
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- 1. An apparatus for measuring network characteristics such as latency, jitter, bandwidth, packet loss, etc. in one way at any protocol level by sending packets to another apparatus over the network under test.
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5. A method for measuring network characteristics such as latency, jitter, bandwidth, packet loss, etc. in one way at any protocol level by sending packets to other point over the network under test.
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