Patent ID: 7398437
Filing Date: 2008-07-08
Classification: H04L,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method for controlling the operation of at least three analyzer channels for analyzing a communication network, each analyzer channel including an input connection port, a trace buffer memory and logic circuitry, the method comprising: operably connecting the input connection port of each analyzer channel to a unique node in the communication network; using a host processor operably connected to each analyzer channel to assign ownership of a unique set of analyzer channels to at least two different users such that each user can initiate separate traces that are simultaneously established on the communication network; using the logic circuitry to monitor frame data on the connection port at each node in accordance with a set of instructions established by the user assigned to the analyzer channel for that node; and capturing traces in response to the set of instructions for each analyzer channel such that each user retrieves only the results of the analyzer channels assigned to that user.