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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2007
Mark E. Davidson, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Mark E. Kanode, Apex, NC (US);
Jeffrey A. Craig, Durham, NC (US);
Peter J. Marsico, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Mark E. Davidson, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Mark E. Kanode, Apex, NC (US);
Jeffrey A. Craig, Durham, NC (US);
Peter J. Marsico, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Tekelec, Morrisville, NC (US);
Abstract
According to one aspect, the subject matter described herein comprises methods, systems, and computer program products for performing IP link proving using heartbeat messages. The method includes transmitting a plurality of heartbeat messages over an IP communications link. A transmission parameter of the plurality of heartbeat messages is varied and a plurality of heartbeat acknowledgement messages corresponding to at least a subset of the plurality of heartbeat messages is received. A measure of processing capabilities of the IP communications link is determined based on the transmission parameters and the heartbeat acknowledgement messages.