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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2002
Irvin C. Schick, Newton, MA (US);
Gregory Hersh, Cambridge, MA (US);
Irvin C. Schick, Newton, MA (US);
Gregory Hersh, Cambridge, MA (US);
Level 3 Communications LLC, Broomfield, CO (US);
BBN Technologies Corp., Cambridge, MA (US);
Verizon Corporate Services Group, Inc., New York, NY (US);
Abstract
A system monitors performance in a network that includes several network resources. The system obtains a list of targets in the network. The targets include selected ones of the resources. The system sends a request to the targets, receives responses from the targets, and determines a status of the targets based on the received responses or a lack of responses from the targets. The system then analyzes the status of the targets to determine compliance with the service-level guarantee.