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Fault location and performance testing of communication networks

  • US 6,269,330 B1
  • Filed: 10/01/1998
  • Issued: 07/31/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/07/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for testing a network having a plurality of nodes, comprising:

  • sending commands to one or more traffic agents connected to the network and to at least one network management agent coupled to a respective node of the network;

    transmitting data from at least one of the traffic agents over the network to a destination responsive to the commands;

    determining network information at the at least one network management agent responsive to the commands and to transmission of the data through the respective node, intermediate the at least one of the traffic agents and the destination; and

    receiving and evaluating the network information to assess a state of the network.

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