Patent ID: 7245584
Filing Date: 2007-07-17
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for auditing communication network service levels, comprising: determining a status of a first router; in response to determining that the status of said first router is acceptable, sending at least a first packet from said first router to a second router; receiving from said second router said at least a first packet at said first router; measuring at least a first parameter with respect to said received at least a first packet; comparing said measured at least a first parameter to at least a first predetermined value; and in response to a first predetermined comparison result between said measured at least a first parameter and said at least a first predetermined value, generating a signal indicating that a first service level is not being met; determining a status of a first queue of said first router; and in response to determining that at least a first number of packets are waiting in said first queue, providing said at least a first packet to a second queue.