Patent ID: 7596099

Claim:
A method of managing a communication link, comprising: monitoring at least one of a plurality of physical links and a plurality of communication links associated with a plurality of data communications, wherein the plurality of communication links correspond to the plurality of physical links; calculating a statistical quantity of a noise element of a selected one or more of the plurality of physical links and the plurality of communication links at a plurality of first time intervals, wherein the statistical quantity comprises one of an average and a weighted average of each of a standard deviation of the noise element for one or more of the plurality of physical links and the plurality of communication links calculated at two or more of the plurality of first time intervals; measuring the noise element of the selected one or more of at least one of the plurality of physical links and the plurality of communication links at a second time interval; determining whether the noise element measured at the second time interval has exceeded a first noise threshold; and communicating an alert notification to a network entity when the first noise threshold is exceeded.