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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2006
Randy M. Mcdonald, Roswell, GA (US);
Mortimer P. Burnett, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
Terry R. Droke, Woodstock, GA (US);
Randy M. McDonald, Roswell, GA (US);
Mortimer P. Burnett, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
Terry R. Droke, Woodstock, GA (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Reno, NV (US);
Abstract
A system and method for conducting variable VPA testing is disclosed. The method includes provisions to detect or measure the utilization of a trunk line and use that information to establish a level of VPA testing for that trunk line. Although a wide variety of relationships between the utilization and the amount of VPA testing conducted can be used, the relationship is preferably a generally inverse relationship, in which the amount of VPA testing conducted on a particular trunk is reduced as traffic or utilization of the trunk increases. Conversely, as traffic or utilization of the trunk deceases, the amount of testing conducted on the trunk increases.