US Patent Application 17735501. MONITORING FOR INCONSISTENT LATENCY IN DATA CENTERS simplified abstract

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MONITORING FOR INCONSISTENT LATENCY IN DATA CENTERS

Organization Name

Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC


Inventor(s)

Denizcan Billor of Seattle WA (US)

Tristan Naoki Struthers of New York NY (US)

Yang Zheng of Redmond WA (US)

Jamie Gaudette of Kirkland WA (US)

MONITORING FOR INCONSISTENT LATENCY IN DATA CENTERS - A simplified explanation of the abstract

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 17735501 titled 'MONITORING FOR INCONSISTENT LATENCY IN DATA CENTERS

Simplified Explanation

This patent application describes a method for detecting inconsistent latencies in data center environments.

  • The method involves generating test traffic with encapsulated packets and transmitting them from a source device to a destination device along a specific route.
  • The test traffic is supplied to a bundle of interfaces on the source device, which allows it to be transmitted over multiple physical paths to the destination device.
  • The latencies of the encapsulated packets along the route are identified.
  • Inconsistent latency is identified when there is a deviation from the expected latency across the bundle of interfaces.
  • This method helps in discovering and addressing latency issues in data center networks.


Original Abstract Submitted

Systems, methods, and software are disclosed herein for discovering inconsistent latencies in data center environments. In an implementation, a method for detecting inconsistent latency in a network comprises generating test traffic comprising encapsulated packets to transmit along a route from a source device to a destination device and supplying the test traffic to a bundle of interfaces of the source device to transmit to the destination device over multiple physical paths. The method continues with identifying latencies of the encapsulated packets along the route, and identifying an occurrence of inconsistent latency with respect to the bundle of interfaces based at least on the latencies of the encapsulated packets.

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