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System and method for generating a traffic matrix in a network environment

  • US 7,457,244 B1
  • Filed: 06/24/2004
  • Issued: 11/25/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/24/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus for generating a traffic matrix, comprising:

  • a set of netflow collector servers operable to;

    receive a first set of data from a first provider edge element and a second set of data from a second provider edge element, the first and second sets of data including border gateway protocol (BGP) next hop information,aggregate the first and second sets of data into a plurality of records according to the BGP next hop information,filter out from the records information that is associated with one or more customer network elements such that a traffic matrix is produced that does not include the customer network elements, andgenerate the traffic matrix from the records.

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