Ixia Assigned Patent

Ixia, Calabasas, CA, has been assigned a patent (9,552,309) developed by Gintis, Noah, Westlake Village, CA, for a “methods, systems, and computer readable media for providing precise timing in virtual data network or storage network test environment.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “Methods, systems, and computer readable media for providing precise timing in a virtual data network or storage network test environment are provided. One method includes providing at least one peripheral device or peripheral device emulator including a timing source. The method further includes connecting the at least one peripheral or peripheral device emulator to a peripheral interface of a computing platform hosting a hypervisor on which at least one test or application under test virtual machine executes. The method further includes making the timing source available to the at least one virtual machine. The method further includes executing a test and using the timing source to provide precise timing for the test.“

The patent application was filed on June 4, 2014 (14/296,428).