REAL-TIME SERVICE MONITORING APPARATUS AND METHOD USING TIME STAMP

A real-time service monitoring apparatus and method using a time stamp is provided. The real-time service monitoring apparatus includes: a packet reception and classification block configured to generate a first time stamp whenever receiving a packet, and classify the received packet into a time synchronization packet or a real-time monitoring packet; a packet processing and switching block configured to process the classified packet depending on whether the packet is the time synchronization packet or the real-time monitoring packet, and switch the processed packet to a destination address; a packet classification and transmission block configured to classify the switched packet depending on whether the packet is the time synchronization packet or the real-time monitoring packet, generate a second time stamp for the classified packet, and transmits the packet; and a real-time monitoring block configured to compute a real-time monitoring parameters for each flow using the generated first and second time stamps, in order to monitor the real-time service.