Systems and methods for lightweight bandwidth estimation

    公开(公告)号:US12034623B1

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-09

    申请号:US17460596

    申请日:2021-08-30

    摘要: A method for estimating a bandwidth characteristic of a communication link between a transmitter node and receiver node includes (1) receiving, from the receiver node, a plurality of synchronization data packets sent by the transmitter node via the communication link, (2) estimating an offset time representing a time required for each synchronization data packet to traverse the communication link, (3) receiving, from the receiver node, a plurality of test data packets sent by the transmitter node via the communication link, and (4) estimating the bandwidth characteristic of the communication link at least partially based on the offset time and characteristics of one or more of the plurality of synchronization data packets and one or more of the plurality of test data packets.