Patent ID: 7155512
Filing Date: 2006-12-26
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. An automatically-configurable network monitoring system comprising: (a) a network routing node including link interface modules for sending and receiving signaling messages over external signaling links and for copying at least some of the signaling messages, each of the link interface modules including a network monitoring client associated with one or more signaling links, wherein the network monitoring clients are adapted to generate network monitoring service request messages including provisioning information for their respective signaling links, the provisioning information including signaling link configuration information; and (b) a plurality of network monitoring processors coupled to the network routing node, each of the network monitoring processors including one or more network monitoring servers, wherein the network monitoring servers obtain the signaling link configuration information from the network monitoring service request messages and wherein the network monitoring processors receive the signaling messages copied by the link interface modules.