Patent ID: 7636320
Filing Date: 2009-12-22
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for monitoring communication comprising: creating a command message via an expert system that identifies problems associated with a virtual circuit; transmitting the command message from the expert system to a first network element communicatively coupled to an asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) network; instructing the first network element via the virtual circuit to mirror a first port on the first network element to a second port on a second network element communicatively coupled to the ATM network; instructing a third network element communicatively coupled to the ATM network to mirror a third port on the third network element to the second network element; monitoring the first port and the third port communications data remotely at the second network element by receiving communications data on the second port that are sent to the first port from the third port or from the first port to the third port; and analyzing the monitored communications data to identify a communications problem.