Patent ID: 8619589
Filing Date: 2013-12-31
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A system for removing test packets from a network, the system comprising: a network configured to facilitate communications between a plurality of nodes and a plurality of customers; a communications management system in communication with the network, the communications management system being operable to determine whether one or more portions of the network are congested; and a remote node in communication with the network, the remote node being operable to determine whether a packet is associated with a test pattern and terminate the communication of the packet in response to the communications management system informing the remote node that the network is congested, wherein the communications management system is configured to provide an alert to a network operations user indicating that the network is congested in response to a determination that network utilization is above first threshold, and wherein the communications management system is configured to automatically notify, the remote node to terminate the packet in response to a determination that the network utilization is above a second threshold, the second threshold being greater than the first threshold.