Patent ID: 6374307
Filing Date: 2002-04-16
Classification: H04J,H04L,H04M,H04Q

Abstract:
A non-intrusive computer network carrier billing system, comprising:a computer data network and backbone having an optical physical layer through which datapackets with source and destination IP-addresses are communicated; an optical transformation device through which said datapackets on the computer data network and backbone are copied and passed through, and having an output port for a copy of a particular datapacket; a gigabit switch router (GSR) with an optical dense wavelength division multiplexer (DWDM) input port connected to said output port of the optical transformation device; and a billing processor connected to an output port of the GSR and providing for a compilation of how many datapackets with a particular range of source or destination IP-addresses passed through the optical transformation device; wherein, said compilation is used for billing a particular customer associated with said particular range of source or destination IP-addresses for usage of the computer data network and backbone.