Methods and systems for wireless local area network (WLAN)-based signaling network monitoring
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1. A method for monitoring signaling message traffic in a telecommunications network, the method comprising:
- (a) receiving a signaling message at a network routing node;
(b) generating a copy at least a portion of the signaling message;
(c) transmitting the copy to a network monitoring platform via a wireless communication link using a wireless local area network (WLAN) protocol; and
(d) routing the received signaling message to a signaling node via a wireline signaling link.
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Abstract
Methods and systems for WLAN-based signaling network monitoring are disclosed. A signaling message is received at a network routing node. A message copy function on the network routing node copies the signaling message. The message copy function forwards the copied signaling message to a WLAN interface. The WLAN interface transmits the signaling message to an external network monitoring platform via a wireless local area network connection.
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41 Claims
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1. A method for monitoring signaling message traffic in a telecommunications network, the method comprising:
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(a) receiving a signaling message at a network routing node; (b) generating a copy at least a portion of the signaling message; (c) transmitting the copy to a network monitoring platform via a wireless communication link using a wireless local area network (WLAN) protocol; and (d) routing the received signaling message to a signaling node via a wireline signaling link. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A system for monitoring signaling message traffic in a telecommunications network, the system comprising:
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(a) a network node for receiving a signaling message and routing the received signaling message to a signaling node via a wireline signaling link, the network node including a message copy function for copying at least a portion of the received signaling message and a first wireless local area network (WLAN) interface for transmitting the copy using a WLAN protocol; and (b) a network monitoring platform operatively associated with the network node and including a second WLAN interface for receiving the copy and memory for storing the copy transmitted by the network node. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A network routing node for monitoring signaling message traffic in a telecommunications network, the network routing node comprising:
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(a) a signaling link interface module for receiving a signaling message; (b) a message copy function operatively associated with the signaling link interface module for creating a copy of at least a portion of the received signaling message; and (c) a WLAN interface operatively associated with the signaling link interface module for transmitting the copy to an external receiver using a WLAN protocol, wherein the network routing node routes the received signaling message to a signaling node via a wireline signaling link. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A system for monitoring signaling message traffic in a telecommunications network, the system comprising:
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(a) a network node for receiving a signaling message and routing the received signaling message to a signaling node via a wireline signaling link, the network node including a message copy function for copying at least a portion of a received signaling message and a wireless local area network (WLAN) interface for transmitting the copy using a WLAN protocol; (b) a wireless router/access point having a WLAN interface and a wired LAN interface, wherein the WLAN interface is adapted to receive the message copy from a wireless LAN and the wired LAN interface is adapted to transmit the message copy over a wired LAN; and (c) a network monitoring platform for receiving the message copy from the wireless router/access point via the wired LAN.
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41. A network routing node for monitoring signaling message traffic in a telecommunications network, the network routing node comprising:
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(a) a plurality of signaling link interface modules for sending and receiving signaling messages; (b) a plurality of message copy functions operatively associated with the signaling link interface modules for copying signaling messages sent or received by the signaling link interface modules; and (c) a plurality of WLAN interfaces, each WLAN interface being associated with one of the signaling link interface modules for transmitting messages copied by the message copy functions to an external receiver using a WLAN protocol, wherein the network routing node routes the received signaling messages to signaling nodes via wireline signaling links.
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