公开(公告)号：DE10034404A1

公开(公告)日：2001-03-01

申请号：DE10034404

申请日：2000-07-14

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： DINICOLA PAUL D ,  GOVINDARAJU RAMA KRISHNA ,  RAGHUNATH MANDAYAM THONDANUR ,  SHAH GAUTAM H

IPC: H04L12/24 ,  H04L12/56 ,  H04L1/24 ,  G06F11/30

Abstract: The method involves sending a packet into the network, recording a first time stamp on the basis of sending the packet and recording a second time stamp when an acknowledgement is received back via the network in response to the packet. The circulation time of the packet and acknowledgement is determined from the time stamps and used to assess the degree of blocking in the network by comparing it with a defined time for no blocking or form a known degree of blocking. Independent claims are also included for a system of monitoring blocking in a network, for a machine-readable program memory and for a processing system.