Patent ID: 8625435
Filing Date: 2014-01-07
Classification: H04L,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: monitoring, by a first network device, traffic from a customer device, wherein the traffic is to be forwarded via a provider's network, wherein the first network device is coupled to the provider's network via at least a first link and a second link; identifying, by the first network device, a traffic pattern associated with the traffic; detecting, by the first network device, that the identified traffic pattern was transmitted on the first link; generating, by the first network device, first performance monitoring traffic; forwarding, by the first network device, the first performance monitoring traffic to the provider's network via the first link; identifying a second traffic pattern associated with traffic from the customer device; detecting that the second traffic pattern was transmitted on the second link; generating second performance monitoring traffic; and forwarding the second performance monitoring traffic to the provider's network via the second link.