METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GATHERING QUEUE PERFORMANCE DATA

摘要

An apparatus for gathering queue performance data includes an event conditioning logic unit (220) that receives a queue enter signal (211), a queue exit signal (213), and a queue not empty signal (215) from a queue (210). This apparatus also includes a counter (230) that may be both incremented and decremented. The event conditioning logic unit may be programmed to increment the counter upon occurrences of a predetermined combination of the queue signals. The event conditioning logic unit may also be programmed to decrement the counter upon occurrences of an additional predetermined combination of the queue signals.