Monitoring a problem condition in a communications system

[0024] It is noted that the drawings of the invention are not to scale. The drawings are intended to depict only typical aspects of the invention, and therefore should not be considered as limiting the scope of the invention. In the drawings, like numbering represents like elements between the drawings.

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[0025] As indicated above, the invention provides a solution for monitoring a problem condition in a communications system. A communications protocol implementation monitors the communications system for the problem condition using, for example, a heartbeat signal generated by the communications system. The communications protocol implementation can initiate a response based on the problem condition being present. For example, the communications protocol implementation can issue one or more eventual action messages. Further, the communications protocol implementation can perform an automatic recovery. In one embodiment, the communications protocol implementation com