In accordance with the invention, a Logging Administration Maintenance and
Billing Entity (LAMB) is interfaced to a network transport bus for
logging network traffic, for error tracking, error replay, and billing
functions. In the exemplary embodiment, the LAMB records transactions
from a subscriber configuration interface (SCI). Information about SCI
transactions may include, for example, time, date, originator
information, transaction ID, destination information, message
information, SCI functions accessed by the originator, errors, and any
other function or process performed by the SCI.