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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2000
Michael John Drum, Cary, NC (US);
Patrick Joseph Galizia, Cary, NC (US);
Peter Joseph Marsico, Carrboro, NC (US);
Tekelec, Calabasas, CA (US);
Abstract
A wireless communication network monitoring system for use in performing a user specified trace of signaling messages associated with a mobile call is disclosed. A central processing platform creates and distributes signaling message filter criteria information to a plurality of link monitoring modules (LMM). The filter criteria are asserted at a LMM and a matching signaling message is copied and subsequently transmitted to the central processing platform. Central processing platform receives the matching signaling message and uses information contained therein to create and distribute a second signaling message filter criteria. In such a manner, a call trace sequence is compiled and displayed. A billing subsystem is also disclosed and is adapted to generate a billing record based on information contained with one or more of the messages associated with the call trace sequence.