Patent ID: 9621361
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04Q

Claim:
1. A pin-hole firewall network communications device, comprising: a first port configured to communicate data packets over a packet network; a first counter module in communication with said first port, the first counter module configured to count real-time data packets, packets provided special bandwidth treatment, marked packets, and total data packets communicated through the first port, a pin-hole firewall module in communication with said first counter module; a call control module in communication with said first counter module and said pin-hole firewall module, the call control module configured to communicate with the pin-hole firewall module to alter the communication of data packets through a firewall pin-hole based at least in part on the count of real-time data packets and total data packets communicated through the first port; a second port in communication with the packet network and configured to communicate data packets over a second node segment of the packet network; a second counter module in communication with said pin-hole firewall module and said call control module, the second counter module configured to count real-time data packets and total data packets communicated through the second port, wherein the real-time data packets and total data packets are counted when a CODEC stack is in use or reserved for use; and wherein each of the first and second counter modules keeps both a real-time data packet count and total data packet count.