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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2005
Applicants:
John Begalke, Loveland, OH (US);
James Caldwell, DeMossville, KY (US);
Debra Laxton, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Inventors:
John Begalke, Loveland, OH (US);
James Caldwell, DeMossville, KY (US);
Debra Laxton, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Assignee:
AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P., Reno, NV (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); G06F 17/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for monitoring link diversity between two communication networks are disclosed. Physical diversity of communication links are important to guarantee service availability and reliability. Diversity monitoring can be achieved by using routing information of the communication links.