Patent ID: 7948905
Filing Date: 2011-05-24
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: simulating, in response to a triggering event, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) communications with a remote diagnostics engine over a wireless interface, the simulated VoIP communications comprising a signaling phase and a real-time data transport phase, wherein the simulated VoIP communications of the signaling phase comprises the transmission of simulated packets having a timing, a size, and a sequence mimicking a VoIP call signaling session; gathering metric data characterizing one or more aspects of the simulated VoIP communications; and periodically transmitting diagnostic packets including the metric data to the remote diagnostics engine; wherein the simulating VoIP communications comprises transmitting diagnostic protocol packets that simulate VoIP communications to the remote diagnostics engine over a wireless interface, the transmitted diagnostic protocol packets formatted according to a common protocol, wherein the common protocol is a protocol other than a protocol used for a signaling phase or a real-time data transport phase of an actual VoIP communications, and wherein at least one of the protocol packets mimics the signaling phase and at least another of the protocol packets mimics the real-time data transport phase of the simulated VoIP communications; and intercepting diagnostic protocol packets received from the diagnostics engine.