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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 26, 1998
Robert Branton, Jr., Farmers Branch, TX (US);
John Mark DeMoss, The Colony, TX (US);
Roy Feldt, Rowlett, TX (US);
Mark Lamb, Plano, TX (US);
Rick Sheffield, Rowlett, TX (US);
MCI Communications Corporation, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for testing network elements within a communications system. A test is initiated at a data processing system located at a first site by the selection of one or more network elements for testing. In initiating the test, a communications link is established between the data processing system located at the first site and a network element located at a second site. The network element is monitored during testing of the network element using the communications link. The information is displayed on the data processing system in the form of a web page. Monitoring of the network element is paused from the data processing system in response to detecting an error originating from the network element. Monitoring of the network element is restarted from the data processing system in response to a correction of the error. These steps of monitoring, pausing, and restarting are repeated until a selected amount of time has passed without an occurrence of an error originating from the second network element.