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Wireless probe

  • US 7,664,031 B2
  • Filed: 09/24/2004
  • Issued: 02/16/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/15/2004
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A traffic analysis system for providing at least one performance value for a wireless LAN, the traffic analysis system comprising:

  • a receiver for receiving a sequence of frames, beginning with a first frame, transmitted over the wireless LAN, the frames including packets and headers,a frame parser for selectively extracting frame information from the packets and headers of the received frames, andan analyser for analysing the frame information over a predetermined interval to provide the at least one performance value, wherein the at least one performance value comprises a contention value to minimize collisions upon entry onto the wireless LAN when transmissions are sent from a plurality of individual stations, wherein the predetermined interval begins upon receipt of the first frame, and wherein each performance value comprises a Medium Access Control (MAC) layer bandwidth component, and wherein the analyser provides each performance value by calculating the fraction of the predetermined interval occupied by the respective MAC layer bandwidth component.

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