LINK BAND ESTIMATING APPARATUS AND LINK BAND ESTIMATING METHOD
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Abstract
A link band estimating apparatus includes packet transmitting means for transmitting a plurality of packets in succession via a route portion of a plurality of communication routes which share a link to be measured, packet interval measuring means for measuring an interval by which the packets are spaced apart in another route portion of the communication routes, and band calculating means for calculating the band of the link to be measured based on a value measured by the packet interval measuring means and a data size of the packets.
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20 Claims
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9. A link band estimating apparatus comprising:
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packet transmitting means for transmitting a plurality of packets in succession via a route portion of a plurality of communication routes which share a link to be measured; packet interval measuring means for measuring an interval by which said packets are spaced apart in another route portion of the communication routes; and band calculating means for calculating the band of the link to be measured based on a value measured by said packet interval measuring means and a data size of said packets. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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10. A link band estimating apparatus comprising:
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packet transmitting means for transmitting a plurality of packets in succession to a plurality of communication routes which share one end of a link to be measured and which have a band narrower than the link to be measured; packet receiving means for receiving the packets transmitted by said packet transmitting means from another end of said link to be measured; arrival interval measuring means for measuring an arrival interval of the packets received by said packet receiving means; and band calculating means for calculating the band of the link to be measured based on a result measured by said arrival interval measuring means. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 19)
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11. A link band estimating apparatus comprising:
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packet receiving means for receiving packets from a plurality of communication routes which share one end of said link to be measured and which have a total band wider than, but individual bands each narrower than, the band of said link to be measured; packet transmitting means for transmitting the packets respectively via said communication routes, alternately in succession from another end of the link to be measured; arrival interval measuring means for measuring an arrival interval of the packets received by said packet receiving means; and band calculating means for calculating the band of the link to be measured based on a result measured by said arrival interval measuring means. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 20)
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15. A link band estimating method comprising:
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the packet delivering step of delivering a plurality of packets in succession via a route portion of a plurality of communication routes which share a link to be measured; the packet interval measuring step of measuring an interval by which said packets delivered by said packet delivering step are spaced apart in a zone of the communication routes; and the band calculating step of calculating the band of the link to be measured based on a value measured by said packet interval measuring step and a data size of said packets. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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