US Patent:
20030033406, Feb 13, 2003
Inventors:
Rekesh John - Pleasanton CA, US
Mahesh Pratapneni - Dublin CA, US
International Classification:
G06F015/173
Abstract:
PATENT A network load tester includes a proprietary software based real-time operating system operating on conventional processor chips and network processors. Network processors are specialized processors for handling various network-oriented tasks at wire speed, and are micro-programmable and configurable on-the-fly. All testing configuration is driven by software, and customized application or protocol stacks can be loaded dynamically onto the network load tester to run under the real-time operating system. This device can be readily reconfigured for testing various applications and appliances across all layers of the OSI stack, even remotely through a network connection.