Stephen Pendleton

US Patent:

20060190231, Aug 24, 2006

Filed:

Feb 21, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/358538

Inventors:

Patrick Malloy - Washington DC, US
Mahesh Lavannis - Rockville MD, US
Marc Schneider - Arlington VA, US
John Strohm - Bethesda MD, US
Alain Cohen - Washington DC, US
Sukanya Sreshta - Rockville MD, US
Jerome Plun - Alexandria VA, US
Stephen Pendleton - Washington DC, US

International Classification:

G06F 17/50

US Classification:

703014000

Abstract:

Performance metrics related to the processing and propagation of messages related to select applications are collected during a simulation of a network. Each message associated with an application is tagged, and each simulated packet that contains some or all of a tagged message is correspondingly tagged to facilitate the creation of transmit records and receive records. A post processor is configured to collate transmit and receive records of each tagged message to identify delays associated with each node that processes the message, and each link that propagates the message from node to node within the network. The processed timing information is provided to the user via an interactive user interface that allows the user to view the timing information from an application layer perspective.