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Policy analyzer

  • US 7,409,447 B1
  • Filed: 11/20/2003
  • Issued: 08/05/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/20/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of analyzing policy rules defined for a subscriber and determining packet treatment, the method comprising:

  • retrieving definitions pertaining to policy rules for a subscriber;

    determining at least one policy point in a network for the subscriber based on the retrieved definitions;

    determining the packet treatment at each of the at least one policy point;

    outputting information corresponding to the packet treatment for each of the at least one policy point;

    determining at least one injection point based on the at least one policy point;

    using at least one policy agent to inject packets at the at least one injection point;

    collecting statistics from some of the at least one policy agent;

    consolidating and correlating the collected statistics; and

    displaying results based on the consolidated and correlated statistics.

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