US 11,677,651 B2
UDPING—continuous one-way monitoring of multiple network links
Ian Flint, Cupertino, CA (US); and Igor Gashinsky, New York, NY (US)
Assigned to Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US)
Filed by VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC., Basking Ridge, NJ (US)
Filed on May 25, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/330,307.
Application 17/330,307 is a continuation of application No. 16/558,205, filed on Sep. 2, 2019, granted, now 11,018,969, issued on May 25, 2021.
Application 16/558,205 is a continuation of application No. 15/394,008, filed on Dec. 29, 2016, granted, now 10,404,567, issued on Sep. 3, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0281503 A1, Sep. 9, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 45/00 (2022.01); H04L 43/10 (2022.01); H04L 69/14 (2022.01); H04L 43/08 (2022.01); H04L 45/745 (2022.01); H04L 47/36 (2022.01); H04L 69/16 (2022.01); H04L 69/22 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 43/10 (2013.01) [H04L 43/08 (2013.01); H04L 69/14 (2013.01); H04L 45/66 (2013.01); H04L 45/745 (2013.01); H04L 47/36 (2013.01); H04L 69/161 (2013.01); H04L 69/22 (2013.01); H04L 2212/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
composing, by a client device, a plurality of data packets;
transmitting, by the client device to a server, the plurality of data packets via one or more ports of a plurality of ports of the client device;
after transmitting the plurality of data packets to the server, composing, by the client device, a control packet associated with the plurality of data packets transmitted to the server, wherein the control packet indicates a size of each of the plurality of data packets transmitted to the server; and
transmitting, by the client device, the control packet to the server.