Instantaneous user initiation voice quality feedback

A system for monitoring a network, comprising:

• an input operable to receive a message from at least one of first and second network nodes, the first and second network nodes communicating with one another in a session and the message indicating a service problem with the session;
• a statistic collection agent operable to cause, in response to the message, at least one of the following operations:
• (i) reconfiguration of one or more resources in the network;
• (ii) variation of a sampling frequency of one or more session-related performance attributes associated with the network;
• (iii) alteration of the types of session-related performance attributes being collected regarding the network;
• and (iv) collection of session-related information from nodes other than the at least first and second network nodes.

A method for conducting a session in a network between at least first and second network nodes, comprising:

• (a) parsing through one or more packets associated with the session to identify one or more session-related performance attributes;
• (b) comparing the one or more session-related performance attributes with corresponding predetermined value for the one or more performance attributes;
• (c) when the one or more session-related performance attributes at least one of equals and exceeds the corresponding predetermined value for the one or more performance attributes, causing one or more computational components to operate in a detailed monitoring mode, wherein in the detailed monitoring mode at least one of the following operations is performed:
• (i) reconfiguring one or more resources in the network;
• (ii) varying a sampling frequency of one or more session-related performance attributes associated with the network;
• (iii) altering the types of session-related performance attributes being collected regarding the network;
• and (iv) collecting session-related information from nodes other than the at least first and second network nodes.

A device operable to conduct a session in a network with at least one other device, comprising:

• a performance monitoring agent operable to (a) parse through one or more packets associated with the session to identify one or more session-related performance attributes, (b) compare the one or more session-related performance attributes with corresponding predetermined value for the one or more performance attributes, and (c), when the one or more session-related performance attributes at least one of equals and exceeds the corresponding predetermined value for the one or more performance attributes, cause one or more computational components to operate in a detailed monitoring mode, wherein in the detailed monitoring mode at least one of the following operations is performed:
• (i) reconfiguring one or more resources in the network;
• (ii) varying a sampling frequency of one or more session-related performance attributes associated with the network;
• (iii) altering the types of session-related performance attributes being collected regarding the network;
• and (iv) collecting session-related information from nodes other than the at least first and second network nodes.

A table containing performance information related to a plurality of sessions, the table comprising:

• a plurality of session identifiers;
• for each session identifier, end point information associated with one or more end points reporting service quality problems;
• and
• for each session identifier, timing information associated with each instance of reporting of service quality problems.