Abstract: A method, system and monitoring protocol for monitoring of software processes when communications other than network interfaces are used during communication in a mobile telecommunication system. In the invention monitoring data is captured in at least one process and serialized. The monitoring data is then encapsulated to at least one data packet and sent to a monitoring endpoint outside the at least one process. A monitoring tool captures the monitoring data from the monitoring endpoint and processes it further.

Abstract: A method and apparatus enables a Network Access Server in association with a telecommunications switch to route incoming calls only to devices that have an actual connection to the Internet. A set of devices, RPG-Is, reformat incoming data from subscribers to a desired Internet Protocol. Initially, the expected network topology is recorded in memory for later comparison. During operation, each RPG-I attempts to detect the presence of every other expected RPG-I. If the presence of another RPG-I is not detected within a predetermined threshold period, then an alarm is issued. Error alarms are forwarded to application logic of the telecommunications switch so that the switch can avoid connecting a subscriber's call to an inoperable RPG-I. An alarm can also be forwarded to a network operator's terminal.