Patent ID: 8015294
Filing Date: 2011-09-06
Classification: H04L,H04Q

Abstract:
1. A pin-hole firewall network communications device comprising: a first port configured to communicate data packets over a first node segment of a packet network; a first counter module in communication with said first port; a pin-hole firewall module in communication with said first counter module; a call control module in communication with said first counter module and said pin-hole firewall function, the first counter module configured to count data packets communicated over the first node segment for generating a first set of network performance information associated with the first node segment; a second counter module in communication with said pin-hole firewall module and said call control module; a second port in communication with said second counter module, the second port configured to communicate data packets over a second node segment of the packet network; the second counter module configured to count data packets communicated over the second node segment for generating a second set of network performance information associated with the second node segment; and the call control module configured to communicate with the pin-hole firewall module to alter the communication of data packets between the first node segment and the second node segment, through a firewall pinhole, in response to the first set of network performance information and the second set of network performance information.