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AssigneeAlcatel
InventorsAlban Couturier, Franck Jouenne
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A device comprises interception means (2) capable, in the case of transfer of data packets between at least two remote terminals (Tij-k), via a communications network, of intercepting at least certain of the control packets during the transfer, and of determining amongst the intercepted control packets those which are formatted according to a chosen real-time data transfer control protocol, and management means (3) capable of duplicating at least part of each intercepted control packet, and of generating data, representing the duplicated part, intended to be communicated to control means (1) located in a control application (S) of the network.
A method for intercepting data exchanged by remote terminals (Tij-k), via a communications network, in the form of control packets formatted according to a first real-time data transfer control protocol and associated with data previously exchanged by the said terminals, characterised in that it comprises a step in which i) in the case of transfer of data packets between at least two remote terminals (Tij-k), at least certain of the said packets are intercepted during the said transfer so as to determine those which are formatted according to the said first protocol, then ii) at least part of each packet thus formatted, referred to as a “control packet”, is duplicated, and iii) data representing the said duplicated part are communicated to a control application (1) located in the said network, so that it deduces therefrom information on the said transfer.
device for intercepting data exchanged by remote terminals (Tij-k), via a communications network, in the form of packets formatted according to a first real-time data transfer control protocol and associated with data previously exchanged by the said terminals, characterised in that it comprises interception means (2) suitable, in the case of transfer of data packets between at least two remote terminals (Tij-k), for intercepting at least certain of the said packets during the said transfer, and for determining amongst the intercepted packets those which are formatted according to the said first protocol, referred to as “control packets”, and management means (3) suitable for duplicating at least part of each intercepted control packet, and for generating data representing the said duplicated part, intended to be communicated to control means (1) located in a control application (S) of the said network.
Use of the method and device according to one of the preceding claims in networks chosen from amongst public and private networks.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.