System and method for modifying connectivity fault management packets
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1. A method for obtaining network performance information, the method comprising:
- extracting network performance information from a communications network using one or more performance information packets;
receiving the performance information packets;
and modifying the performance information packets in response to the network performance information, wherein the modifying the performance information packets includes including instructions within the performance information packets to obtain network performance information at a node that was previously a pass-through node from which network performance information was not obtained, and wherein modifying the performance packets further includes including instructions within the performance information packets to obtain alternative network performance information not previously extracted from the communications network by the pass-through node.
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Abstract
A system and method for modifying connectivity fault management packets. Network performance information is extracted from a communications network using connectivity fault management packets. The connectivity fault management packets are received. The configuration of the connectivity fault management packets is modified to obtain additional network performance information from the communications network.
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1. A method for obtaining network performance information, the method comprising:
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extracting network performance information from a communications network using one or more performance information packets; receiving the performance information packets; and modifying the performance information packets in response to the network performance information, wherein the modifying the performance information packets includes including instructions within the performance information packets to obtain network performance information at a node that was previously a pass-through node from which network performance information was not obtained, and wherein modifying the performance packets further includes including instructions within the performance information packets to obtain alternative network performance information not previously extracted from the communications network by the pass-through node. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A communication system for modifying performance information data packets comprising:
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a processing system configured to gather network performance information from a communications networks using performance information data packets communicated along a path of the communications network and modify the performance information data packets in response to the network performance information to obtain additional network performance information from a node along the path that was previously a pass-through node from which network performance information was not obtained and wherein modifying the performance packets further includes including instructions within the performance information packets to obtain alternative network performance information not previously extracted from the communications network by the pass-through node; and the communications network composed of access nodes for performing communications functionality. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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18. A network manager comprising:
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a processor configured to execute a set of instructions; a memory configured to store the set of instructions, wherein the set of instructions extract network performance information from a communications network using performance information packets, where the network performance information includes transmission rate, transmission quality, and transmission connectivity; and wherein the set of instructions modify the configuration of the performance information packets to obtain additional network performance information from a node that was previously a pass-through node from which network performance information was not obtained in response to the network performance information, and wherein modifying the performance packets further includes including instructions within the performance information packets to obtain alternative network performance information not previously extracted from the communications network by the pass-through node. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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