Method and apparatus for managing a communication link

A method and apparatus of managing a communication link may include monitoring at least one of a plurality of physical links and a plurality of communication links associated with a plurality of data communications, calculating a statistical quantity of a noise element of a selected one or more of at least one of the plurality of physical links and the plurality of communication links at a plurality of first time intervals, measuring the noise element of the selected one or more of at least one of the plurality of physical links and the plurality of communication links at a second time interval, determining whether the noise element measured at the second time interval has exceeded a first noise threshold, and communicating an alert notification when the first noise threshold is exceeded.