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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2007
John D. Weich, Allen, TX (US);
Jimmy O. Goodwin, Lucas, TX (US);
Francois Georges Joseph Moore, Murphy, TX (US);
Carl D. Reeves, Frisco, TX (US);
John D. Weich, Allen, TX (US);
Jimmy O. Goodwin, Lucas, TX (US);
Francois Georges Joseph Moore, Murphy, TX (US);
Carl D. Reeves, Frisco, TX (US);
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a method for testing a circuit includes receiving a test access session request, where the test access session request indicates that a test session is to be performed on a circuit path. A reservation message is sent to a test bus, where the reservation message reserves the test bus for the test session. The test bus includes a portion of bandwidth shared among a plurality of network elements. Traffic associated with the circuit path is copied to the test bus.