Abstract: A method and program product for handling communications with stations in communications systems, especially digital telecommunications systems, such as for VoIP telephony. Requests are received for communicating with communications stations in the communications system. Each request is forwarded to a respective communications system station, which returns an indication of an intended response. Depending upon whether the intended response is appropriate, the proposed response may be forwarded to the requester. Otherwise, if the intended response is determined inappropriate, an indication is returned to the communications system station that the intended response is inappropriate.

Abstract: Devices, systems and methods that generate and test network traffic are disclosed. The exemplary method may include transmitting one or more requests to generate network testing traffic to one or more endpoints, generating network testing traffic from one or more endpoints, and collecting network testing traffic data. Additional aspects of the method may also include transmitting one or more requests to receive network testing traffic to one or more endpoints and receiving network testing traffic by one or more endpoints that received the request to receive network traffic. The devices, systems and methods may provide additional security measures, operational controls and other aspects as discussed later herein.

Abstract: A method and system based in part on a current network traffic determination and a predetermined acceptable Quality of Service parameter, the system sets a current state of available system services. In order to set the available system services, the apparatus refers to a database containing a listing of services for a given network. The database includes a hierarchy of the services correlated to the amount of bandwidth necessary to provide a given service. The determination is made by the apparatus, as to whether the amount bandwidth necessary to provide a particular type of service would degrade the QoS below an acceptable level if the service was provided on the network at the time of the determination. If degradation would occur, the service is made unavailable until the traffic level subsides to a point at which providing the service would not have an adverse affect on the QoS the network.