Automatic Code Instrumentation for Converged Service Monitoring and Fault Detection

The notion of converged services is based on the integration of traditional telecommunications features and Web 2.0 services. Today this concept is given special attention by the telecommunications service providers as a mechanism that allows them to expand their service portfolio and have greater market dynamism. However, these services present new challenges from its management point of view, making necessary runtime monitoring mechanisms that permit adequate fault detection and thus ensure proper operation. In this paper, we present a runtime monitoring scheme that uses automatic code instrumentation techniques to provide converged services with functionalities that facilitate its fault-handling and operational management. We also provide an implementation of the monitoring scheme through a sample converged service which demonstrates its performance and applicability to this type of services.