Patent ID: 7940683
Filing Date: 2011-05-10
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of verifying end-to-end service configuration with application awareness, comprising: building an application specific service ping packet having an application identification field that identifies an application to which the application specific service ping packet corresponds and a second field that enables a Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) device to associate the identified application with the application specific service ping packet; forwarding the application specific service ping packet towards a destination in a network; determining, with the DPI device, static configuration information regarding the application to which the application specific service ping packet corresponds at a network interface of a network element; inserting the static configuration information into the application specific service ping packet; determining at least one policy that applies to a flow including the application specific service ping packet; inserting the at least one policy into the application specific service ping packet; and extracting the service ping packet from the network.