Patent ID: 7450568

Claim:
A control unit included within a VoIP network, the control unit comprising: a filter to select packets based upon criteria including at least one of the following criteria including type, session, origination Internet Protocol (IP) address, or destination IP address; a packet analysis module operatively connected to the filter to receive input from the filter, the packet analysis module to determine whether monitored packet performance meets a predetermined Quality of Service (QoS) policy; an Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) agent to receive performance data for a UPS; a session controller to forward the performance data for the UPS to the UPS agent; a management module operatively connected to the session controller, the packet analysis module and to the UPS agent, the management module to execute commands and to collect data from a console; a conversion module operatively connected to the session controller and the management module, the conversion module to transform a communication protocol used in communications from the management module to a IP-Private Branch Exchange (IP-PBX); at least one ethernet driver operatively connected to at least one of the filter, or the session controller, to receive commands from the IP-PBX; and at least one serial driver operatively connected to the UPS agent.