Time measurement on a packet flow in a packet-switched communication network

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PATENT NO 9806976
APP PUB NO 20150109953A1
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14402782

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A method is provided for performing a time measurement on a packet flow to be transmitted from a first node to a second node of a communication network. The method includes calculating a medium transmission time parameter indicative of an average of transmission time parameters relating to packets transmitted during a given block period; calculating a medium reception time parameter indicative of an average of reception time parameters relating to the same packets; and calculating a medium time measurement indicative of an average performance of the packet flow during the block period using the medium transmission time parameter and the medium reception time parameter.

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  • TELECOM ITALIA S.P.A.

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Cociglio, Mauro Turin, IT 35 210

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