Method and apparatus of end-user response time determination for both TCP and non-TCP protocols
View Patent ↗End-user response time in a network is determined by an analyzer which measures client data transfer time, server response time, server data transfer time and, if the protocol is a TCP protocol, further measuring server network round trip time. End-user response time may be approximated by the sum of these determined times.
1. A method for determining end-user response time on a network in both TCP and non-TCP protocols, comprising:
determining client data transfer time;
determining server response time;
determining server data transfer time;
if the protocol is a TCP protocol, further determining server network round trip time; and
computing end-user response time, based on the determined client data transfer time, server response time and server data transfer time, and, if the protocol is a TCP protocol, the server network round trip time.
2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein client data transfer time is determined as the time between a beginning of data transfer from a client, and the end of a data transfer from the client.
3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein server response time is determined as the time between the end of data transfer from a client, and the start of a data transfer from a server.
4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein server data transfer time is determined as the time between the beginning of data transfer from a server, and the end of a data transfer from the server.
5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein server network round trip time is determined as the time between a data packet from the server and the TCP acknowledgement from the client for that packet.
6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein computing end-user response time comprises adding the determined client data transfer time, server response time and server data transfer time, and, if the protocol is a TCP protocol, further adding the server network round trip time.
7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein computing end-user response time comprises adding the determined client data transfer time, server response time and server data transfer time,
wherein client data transfer time is determined as the time between a beginning of data transfer from a client, and the end of a data transfer from the client,
wherein server response time is determined as the time between the end of data transfer from a client, and the start of a data transfer from a server, and
wherein server data transfer time is determined as the time between the beginning of data transfer from a server, and the end of a data transfer from the server, and
wherein computing end-user response time comprises adding the determined client data transfer time, server response time and server data transfer time, and, if the protocol is a TCP protocol, further adding the server network round trip time.
8. An apparatus for determining end-user response time for both TCP and non-TCP protocol traffic on a network, comprising:
a network interface for connecting to and observing traffic on a network;
a processor;
a storage medium for storing data;
wherein said processor performs traffic timing to determine client data transfer time, determine server response time, determine server data transfer time, if the protocol is a TCP protocol further determining server network round trip time, and,
wherein said processor computes end-user response time, based on the determined client data transfer time, server response time and server data transfer time, and, if the protocol is a TCP protocol, the server network round trip time.
9. The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein client data transfer time is determined as the time between a beginning of data transfer from a client, and the end of a data transfer from the client.
10. The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein server response time is determined as the time between the end of data transfer from a client, and the start of a data transfer from a server.
11. The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein server data transfer time is determined as the time between the beginning of data transfer from a server, and the end of a data transfer from the server.
12. The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein server network round trip time is determined as the time between a data packet from the server and the TCP acknowledgement from the client for that packet.
13. The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein computing end-user response time comprises adding the determined client data transfer time, server response time and server data transfer time, and, if the protocol is a TCP protocol, further adding the server network round trip time.
14. The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein client data transfer time is determined as the time between a beginning of data transfer from a client, and the end of a data transfer from the client,
wherein server response time is determined as the time between the end of data transfer from a client, and the start of a data transfer from a server, and
wherein server data transfer time is determined as the time between the beginning of data transfer from a server, and the end of a data transfer from the server, and
wherein computing end-user response time comprises adding the determined client data transfer time, server response time and server data transfer time, and, if the protocol is a TCP protocol, further adding the server network round trip time.