SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COLLECTING NETWORK PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

摘要

A network communications device including an input/output (I/O) unit configured to communicate (303) data packets to and from a communications network (300) and at least one module. The module(s) may be configured to count total data packets being communicated via the I/O unit during a time period, count data packets including real-time content being communicated via the I/O unit during the time period, determine bandwidth of total data packets being communicated via the I/O unit, determine bandwidth of data packets including real-time content being communicated via the I/O unit, and communicate indicia representative of the bandwidth of data packets including real-time content and total data packets (302) via said I/O unit to another network communications device (304). The module(s) may be software, hardware, or a combination thereof.