Patent ID: 8355332
Filing Date: 2013-01-15
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of testing a service connection within a container in an Ethernet network, comprising coupling a test device to a port on a node in a path that includes said container, switching traffic of said service connection to said port, measuring selected parameters of said switched traffic in said test device, and using said measured parameters to evaluate the performance of said service connection, wherein one of a split mode and a monitor mode is utilized, the split mode comprising switching traffic of said service connection to said port based on a combination of a service identification and a container identification, the monitor mode comprising replicating and switching traffic of said service connection to said port based on said service identification, and wherein said service identification and container identification comprise Provider Backbone Bridging or Multiprotocol Label Switching/pseudowire identifications, wherein said container identification is a Backbone Virtual Local Area Network identifier and said service identification is a Service Instance Virtual Local Area Network identifier.