System and method for resetting counters counting network performance information at network communications devices on a packet network
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1. A method for collecting network performance information from network communications devices, said method comprising:
- requesting, from a network communications device operating on a packet network, a counter value generated from counting a network performance information parameter, the request causing the counter value to be reset prior to overflowing;
wherein requesting the counter value includes communicating a performance information packet to the network communications device, the performance information packet causing the counter value to be concatenated to the performance information packet and communicated to another network communications device.
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Abstract
A system and method for collecting network performance information from network communications devices may include requesting, from a network communications device operating on a packet network, a counter value generated from counting a network performance information parameter. The request may cause the counter value to be reset prior to overflowing.
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1. A method for collecting network performance information from network communications devices, said method comprising:
requesting, from a network communications device operating on a packet network, a counter value generated from counting a network performance information parameter, the request causing the counter value to be reset prior to overflowing;
wherein requesting the counter value includes communicating a performance information packet to the network communications device, the performance information packet causing the counter value to be concatenated to the performance information packet and communicated to another network communications device.- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system for collecting network performance information from network communications devices, said system comprising:
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an input/output (I/O) unit in communication with a data packet on which network communications devices are operating; and a processing unit in communication with said I/O unit, and configured to request, from a network communications device operating on a packet network, a counter value of a counter counting a network performance information parameter, the request causing the counter to be reset prior to the counter value overflowing, wherein the request causes a performance information packet to be communicated to the network communications device, the performance information packet causing the counter value to be concatenated to the performance information packet and be communicated to another network communications device. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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