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Patent Inventor Names
Enrico Loddo0
Miguel A. Ciena0
Howard Phillip Glidewell0
Gregory John Stemberger0
Date of Patent
August 16, 2011
0Patent Application Number
121683640
Date Filed
July 7, 2008
0Patent Primary Examiner
Patent abstract
A network element is configured to function as a first virtual element and a second virtual element. A first monitoring packet is sent to the first virtual element via a label switched path. A second monitoring packet is sent to the second virtual element via an internet protocol path that includes at least a portion of the internet. A first condition of the network element is determined based on a response to the first monitoring packet. A second condition of the network element is determined based on a response to the second monitoring packet.
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