Methods and apparatus to determine communication carrier capabilities

摘要

Methods and apparatus are disclosed to enable a service provider to determine capabilities of a communication carrier. An example method disclosed herein includes transmitting a metric information request to at least one of a layer two open standards interconnect (OSI) device or a layer three OSI device, the at least one layer two or layer three OSI device storing metric information indicative of carrier capabilities, and the example method receives the metric information from the at least one layer two or layer three OSI device.