Patent ID: 7391739
Filing Date: 2008-06-24
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for monitoring a communication comprising: instructing a first network element in communication with a frame relay network to mirror a first port on the first network element to a second port on a second network element in communication with the frame relay network; wherein instructing the first network element comprises creating a command message comprising a mirror port command, a source network element port identifier, and a destination network element port identifier, and transmitting the command message to the first network element; transmitting one or more relay frames from the first network element to the second network element; duplicating the one or more transmitted relay frames as transmitted from the first network element and as received at the second network element; and sending the one or more duplicated relay frames, as transmitted and as received, to an analyzer, wherein the analyzer performs calculations and measurements associated with the duplicated relay frames using at least one of the following: a committed information rate and a committed burst rate.