Time measurement in a packet-switched communication network

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PATENT NO 10027567
APP PUB NO 20170244623A1
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15102444

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It is disclosed a method for performing a time measurement on a packet flow transmitted through a communication network. The transmitting node divides the packets into first and second packets transmitted in alternating periods. At each period, transmitting node also marks each packet by setting a feature thereof to a first value indicating that the packet shall undergo time measurement or a second value indicating that the packet shall not undergo time measurement. The transmission times of two packets marked by the first value are reciprocally delayed by a predefined inter-transmission time shorter than a period duration. For each packet marked by the first value, the transmitting node generates a transmission time stamp and the receiving node generates a reception time stamp. Then, after the end of each period, a time measurement is performed based on transmission and reception timestamps of packets marked by the first value transmitted during the preceding period.

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TELECOM ITALIA S P AVIA GAETANO NEGRI 1 MILANO 20123

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Cociglio, Mauro Turin, IT 38 278

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