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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2015
Filed:
May. 31, 2011
Nausheen Naz, Ottawa, CA;
Csaba Marton, Ottawa, CA;
Suat R. Eskicioglu, Ottawa, CA;
Manikka Thyagarajan, Ottawa, CA;
Michael H. Lashley, Chateauguay, CA;
Nausheen Naz, Ottawa, CA;
Csaba Marton, Ottawa, CA;
Suat R. Eskicioglu, Ottawa, CA;
Manikka Thyagarajan, Ottawa, CA;
Michael H. Lashley, Chateauguay, CA;
Alcatel Lucent, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Abstract
A method, apparatus, and machine readable storage medium is disclosed for establishing a test protocol processor which identifies and removes predetermined messages from a network element port buffer. Subsequent to removal the test protocol processor may perform one or more of several actions according to the results of statistical calculations. These actions include allowing the message to drop, replacing the message after a delay, replacing the message after altering the payload of the message, and replacing the message after altering the message type. The disclosed autonomous self disrupting network element is particularly useful for providing a means to perform in situ field testing of network performance indicators under desired statistical conditions.