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Patent Inventor Names
Matthew B. McRae0
Allen J. Huotari0
Jay Price0
Manrique Brenes0
Date of Patent
November 2, 2010
0Patent Application Number
110938940
Date Filed
March 30, 2005
0Patent Primary Examiner
Patent abstract
In one embodiment, a VoIP-integrated router operable to interface with analog telephones and digital devices is provided. The VoIP-integrated router is configured to perform a method of estimating the upstream data rate of a modem, comprising transmitting packets at a known rate from the VoIP-integrated router through an upstream path for the modem to a node; during the transmission of the packets, transmitting Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) PING messages to the node; and based upon an examination of the PING messages and the known rate, estimating the upstream data rate of the modem.
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