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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2004
Douglas J. Botkin, Aurora, IL (US);
Mark G. Bradac, Batavia, IL (US);
Edward A. Clark, Sugar Grove, IL (US);
Joseph J. Kott, Aurora, IL (US);
Steven L. Makowski, Naperville, IL (US);
Alan H. Matten, Chicago, IL (US);
Douglas W. Sturm, Wheaton, IL (US);
Peng Zhang, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Douglas J. Botkin, Aurora, IL (US);
Mark G. Bradac, Batavia, IL (US);
Edward A. Clark, Sugar Grove, IL (US);
Joseph J. Kott, Aurora, IL (US);
Steven L. Makowski, Naperville, IL (US);
Alan H. Matten, Chicago, IL (US);
Douglas W. Sturm, Wheaton, IL (US);
Peng Zhang, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
A maintenance component of an apparatus in one example employs one or more packets that are communicated over an active packet connection to evaluate the active packet connection.