US 2010/0165837 A1 · METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TESTING BACKUP SITES IN A VOICE OVER INTERNET PROTOCOL NETWORK

Abstract

In one embodiment, the present invention is a method and apparatus for testing backup sites in a Voice over Internet Protocol network. In one embodiment, a method for testing a backup site in a communications network includes simulating, in the network, a failed customer call and outputting an indicator to indicate whether the failed customer call was successfully re-routed from a primary site to the backup site. The testing of the backup site occurs in a manner that minimizes impact to the routing of customer calls destined for the primary site.

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Dependent claims

A method for testing a backup site in a communications network, the method comprising:

simulating, in the network, a failed customer call;
and
outputting an indicator to indicate whether the failed customer call was successfully re-routed from a primary site to the backup site.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

12/345,262Filed 29 Dec 2008

Published

1 Jul 2010

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

H04L 12/66
Data switching networks: arrangements for connecting between networks having differing types of switching systems, e.g. gateways
H04L 43/50
Arrangements for monitoring or testing data switching networks: testing arrangements
H04M 7/0084
Network operation, administration, maintenance, or provisioning: network monitoring; Error detection; Error recovery; Network testing
H04L 41/145
Network analysis or design: involving simulating, designing, planning or modelling of a network

Method and apparatus for testing backup sites in a voice over internet protocol network

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Method and apparatus for testing backup sites in a voice over internet protocol network

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Abstract

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