Methods and systems for automatically configuring network monitoring system
First Claim
1. A method for automatically configuring a network monitoring system to monitor signaling links connected to a network routing node:
- (a) instantiating a plurality of network monitoring servers on a plurality of network monitoring devices, each network monitoring server being provisioned to monitor a predetermined set of signaling links;
(b) instantiating a network monitoring client on the network routing node, the network monitoring client being associated with one or more signaling links connected to the network routing node;
(c) sending a network monitoring service request from the network monitoring client to the network monitoring servers, the network monitoring service request including information for identifying the signaling link or links for which network monitoring service is being requested;
(d) at the network monitoring servers, determining whether the network monitoring service request relates to one of the signaling links in the predetermined set of signaling links for which each server is provisioned to monitor;
(e) in response to determining that the network monitoring request relates to a signaling link for which a network monitoring server is provisioned to monitor, sending a network monitoring service accept message from that network monitoring server to the network monitoring client; and
(f) establishing a network monitoring connection between the network monitoring client and the accepting network monitoring server.
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Abstract
An automatically configurable network monitoring system includes a network monitoring communications protocol used for communications between a network monitoring client executing on a routing node (100) being monitored and a network monitoring server executing on a network monitoring processor (106). According to the network monitoring communications protocol, the network monitoring client broadcasts a network monitoring service request message to the network monitoring servers. The service request message identifies a signaling link for which network monitoring service is being requested. The network monitoring servers provisioned to the requested provide network monitoring service respond affirmatively and thereby automatically grant network monitoring service. The network monitoring system may be completely probeless or, alternatively, used in conjunction with probe-based network monitoring devices.
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45 Claims
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1. A method for automatically configuring a network monitoring system to monitor signaling links connected to a network routing node:
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(a) instantiating a plurality of network monitoring servers on a plurality of network monitoring devices, each network monitoring server being provisioned to monitor a predetermined set of signaling links;
(b) instantiating a network monitoring client on the network routing node, the network monitoring client being associated with one or more signaling links connected to the network routing node;
(c) sending a network monitoring service request from the network monitoring client to the network monitoring servers, the network monitoring service request including information for identifying the signaling link or links for which network monitoring service is being requested;
(d) at the network monitoring servers, determining whether the network monitoring service request relates to one of the signaling links in the predetermined set of signaling links for which each server is provisioned to monitor;
(e) in response to determining that the network monitoring request relates to a signaling link for which a network monitoring server is provisioned to monitor, sending a network monitoring service accept message from that network monitoring server to the network monitoring client; and
(f) establishing a network monitoring connection between the network monitoring client and the accepting network monitoring server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An automatically-configurable network monitoring system comprising:
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(a) a network routing node including link interface modules for sending and receiving messages over external signaling links and for copying at least some of the messages, each of the link interface modules including a network monitoring client associated with one or more signaling links, wherein the network monitoring clients are adapted to generate network monitoring service request messages including provisioning information for their respective signaling links; and
(b) a plurality of network monitoring processors coupled to the network routing node, each of the network monitoring processors including one or more network monitoring servers, wherein the network monitoring servers obtain signaling link configuration information from the network monitoring service request messages. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A probeless network monitoring system comprising:
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(a) a signal transfer point Including a plurality of link interface modules for sending and receiving messages via external signaling links, each link interface module including a client for requesting network monitoring service; and
(b) a plurality of general-purpose processors coupled to the signal transfer point without using external signaling link probes, each general purpose processor including a server for responding to the requests received from the network monitoring clients. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. The probeless network monitoring system of claim 35 comprising a plurality of network monitoring transport cards coupled to the bus for routing network monitoring messages between the link interface modules and the general purpose processors.
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36. A computer-implemented network monitoring communications protocol for communicating network monitoring messages between a routing node being monitored and a network monitoring processor, the computer-implemented communications protocol comprising:
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(a) computer code adapted to execute on a network routing node for automatically sending network monitoring service request messages to a network monitoring processor; and
(b) computer code adapted to execute on a network monitoring processor for receiving service request messages and formulating service response messages for granting or denying network monitoring service requests based on the service request messages. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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