Patent ID: 9654363
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A method for performing single-ended synthetic loss measurements, comprising: maintaining, at a local maintenance point, a transmitting session number for a first interface component associated with the local maintenance point and a receiving session number for a second interface component associated with a remote maintenance point; sending, from the first interface component, a first synthetic loss message to the second interface component, wherein the first synthetic loss message includes a first session number indicative of the first interface component; receiving, at the first interface component, a first synthetic loss response from the second interface component, wherein the first synthetic loss response includes a second session number and a third session number indicative of the second interface component; when the third session number does not equal the receiving session number, copying the third session number to the receiving session number; and responsive to detecting deactivation of the first interface component and activation of a third interface component associated with the local maintenance point, wherein the third interface component replaces the first interface component, the method further comprising: