Capacity estimates using burst-trailer trains

摘要

The present invention relates to methods and devices (11, 12, 14) for transmitting a sequence of data packets in a network. To this end, a send rate with which the sequence is to be transmitted is selected. Then, a first set of data packets of the sequence is transmitted and the transmission is associated with a time stamp. Finally a last data packet of the sequence is transmitted after a predetermined time interval has elapsed from the time stamp associated with the first set of data packets, where said predetermined time interval is the time required for transmitting the sequence of data packets with the selected send rate.