Network test system
CA 2247753 A1 · Owner: At&T Corp. · Inventors: Lynch, Thomas Joseph; Turner, Mark Lee
Overview
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A network test system for monitoring and simulating a network and for testing the performance of a network device. The network test system comprising a computer in communications with the network, simulation software for emulating the network, formatting messages and emulating protocols, and a clock in substantial synchronization to a remote clock which is in communications with a remote computer and simulation software. The network test system allows for the accumulation of network performance data which can be used to test the performance characteristics of a device under test and to monitor and recommend to a network switch alternative switching patterns.
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- Filed September 18, 1998. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended September 18, 2018.
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