Patent ID: 7843842
Filing Date: 2010-11-30
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for initiating a remote trace route, comprising: establishing a communication session between a first endpoint and a second endpoint; negotiating, during communication session establishment, at least one protocol, at least one feature, and a plurality of different types of remote trace route requests for use during the communication session; determining a type of trace route request from the plurality of different types of remote trace route requests to use to request a remote trace route based on the at least one protocol and the at least one feature negotiated during communication session establishment; detecting at the first endpoint a quality impairment in a communication sent from the second endpoint; in response to detecting the quality impairment at the first endpoint, sending a request from the first endpoint to the second endpoint for the second endpoint to initiate a trace route from the second endpoint to the first endpoint, wherein the request is based on the determined type of request; and upon receiving the request at the second endpoint, initiating a trace route from the second endpoint to the first endpoint.