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Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for supporting traffic analysis, especially in an ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode) network, in which a transmission procedure is based on asynchronous time division multiplexing using fixed-length data packets or cells, and for the purpose of providing a method which allows for handling on-line traffic analysis procedures in a more flexible manner, allowing fast updating, and rendering only one explicit notion of time, and without any risk of inaccuracies. Used in combination are a data accumulator (DA) and a chronometer scheduler (CHR), said data accumulator (DA) including a channel data table (CDT) which is continuously updated by the traffic data (CA.sub.m) to be analyzed, and said chronometer scheduler (CHR) including a scheduler table (CST) which is continuously and sequentially (SW.sub.1 -SW.sub.n) selecting the next traffic analysis job (CA.sub.n) to be executed. Scheduling of traffic analysis of a certain channel is effected when an updated channel address (CA.sub.x) of the channel data table corresponds with a valid channel address in said scheduler table.

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