Patent ID: 8040811
Filing Date: 2011-10-18
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A system for collecting network performance information from a packet network, said system comprising: a database server comprising: a performance data manager in communication with the database server; a performance data collector in communication with the performance data manager and the network communications devices operating on the packet network, the performance data manager configured to instruct the performance data collector to request and access network performance information from at least one of the network communications devices operating on the packet network, the performance data collector configured to issue requests to the at least one of the network communications devices to obtain the network performance information desired by the performance data manager in response to being instructed by the performance data manager to request and access network performance information from the at least one of the network communications devices operating on the packet network, the performance data collector configured to communicate the network performance information collected from the at least one of the network communications devices operating on the packet network to the performance data manager, the performance data manager configured to receive and process the network performance information collected from the at least one of the network communications devices operating on the packet network from the performance data collector, the performance data manager further configured to communicate the network performance information collected from the at least one of the network communications devices operating on the packet network to the database server.