Patent number: 6996132
Abstract: A method, apparatus (22), and program are provided for determining an amount of bandwidth available in at least a portion of at least one communication path (5, 3, 6, 7, 10-1, 9, 12, 13, 14, 24a, 24b) coupling a plurality of nodes (1, 15, 22) together. The communication path (5, 3, 6, 7, 10-1, 9, 12, 13, 14, 24a, 24b) is exercised using information signals, to determine the amount of time it takes for at least one of those information signals to traverse the communication path (5, 3, 6, 7, 10-1, 9, 12, 13, 14, 24a, 24b) in at least one direction, and the amount of bandwidth available in at least a portion of the communication path (5, 3, 6, 7, 10-1, 9, 12, 13, 14, 24a, 24b) is determined, based on the amount of time determined in the exercising step.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 8, 2000
Date of Patent:
February 7, 2006
Assignee:
Verizon Laboratories Inc.
Inventor:
Siva Perraju Tolety