Multilevel network monitoring system architecture
First Claim
1. A system for monitoring network performance, the system comprising:
- first and second network packet capture modules at first and second respective network locations, wherein each of the network packet capture modules is adapted to intercept network traffic at its network location and store first network traffic data at a first time scale;
a central network traffic data flow module at a third network location, wherein the central network traffic data flow module is adapted to receive and store first summary network traffic data from the first and second network packet capture modules, wherein the first summary network traffic data is at a second time scale coarser than the first time scale; and
wherein the central network traffic data flow module is further adapted to identify related network traffic data from the first and second network locations from the first summary network traffic data and to store references to the related network traffic data, wherein the related network traffic data is stored at the first time scale in the first and second network locations.
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Abstract
Network traffic information from multiple sources, at multiple time scales, and at multiple levels of detail are integrated so that users may more easily identify relevant network information. The network monitoring system stores and manipulates low-level and higher-level network traffic data separately to enable efficient data collection and storage. Packet traffic data is collected, stored, and analyzed at multiple locations. The network monitoring locations communicate summary and aggregate data to central modules, which combine this data to provide an end-to-end description of network traffic at coarser time scales. The network monitoring system enables users to zoom in on high-level, coarse time scale network performance data to one or more lower levels of network performance data at finer time scales. When high-level network performance data of interest is selected, corresponding low-level network performance data is retrieved from the appropriate distributed network monitoring locations to provide additional detailed information.
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1. A system for monitoring network performance, the system comprising:
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first and second network packet capture modules at first and second respective network locations, wherein each of the network packet capture modules is adapted to intercept network traffic at its network location and store first network traffic data at a first time scale; a central network traffic data flow module at a third network location, wherein the central network traffic data flow module is adapted to receive and store first summary network traffic data from the first and second network packet capture modules, wherein the first summary network traffic data is at a second time scale coarser than the first time scale; and wherein the central network traffic data flow module is further adapted to identify related network traffic data from the first and second network locations from the first summary network traffic data and to store references to the related network traffic data, wherein the related network traffic data is stored at the first time scale in the first and second network locations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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