Method and apparatus for determining frame relay connections
US6115362A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 28, 1997 |
| Grant date | Sep 5, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 28, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L12/2854
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system determines that a frame relay connection exists between an interface on a first interface device and an interface on a second interface device, for example by comparing addresses resident in routing tables of the interface devices. The system then queries each of the first and second interface devices, to determine the amount of traffic that is communicated by each channel of each of the two interfaces. This data is then correlated to determine the relative amount of data by each channel on each of the two interfaces, and the pair of channels having the best correlation are determined to represent an actual connection.
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