System and method for aggregating and reporting network traffic data

Inactive Publication Date: 2015-08-13
LEVEL 3 COMM LLC
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The patent describes a system and method for analyzing traffic in a network by sampling data packets and using information from routing tables to determine traffic flow statistics. The system can generate traffic flow reports that include measures of traffic volume and distribution based on attributes such as geographic region, network, community, application, protocol, autonomous system, customer, on-net, or off-net. The system can also use information from routing tables to map IP addresses to specific regions or autonomous systems. The technical effects of the patent include improved network monitoring and analysis for improved traffic control and management.

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However, these tools are unable to provide information such the city or ISP that the packets are originating from or going to.
As such, currently available traffic analysis tools are not capable of providing a view of traffic flow or changes in traffic flow as it relates to other business aspects of the network service provider.

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[0022]Embodiments of systems and methods can use sampled packet data to determine traffic flow statistics associated with one or more network-related attribute categories, such as, but not limited to geographic region, network, community, application, protocol, autonomous system, customer, on-net or off-net. Traffic flow statistics can be measures of traffic volume associated with an attribute. For example, traffic volume measurements can be generated that indicate the traffic volume that is inbound to or outbound from an autonomous system network. As another example, traffic volume measurements can be generated that reflect the volume of traffic that is on-net and the volume of traffic that is off-net with respect to a selected network.

[0023]Some embodiments of the present invention relate to systems and methods for aggregating and reporting traffic flow data captured in a communications network. Various embodiments sample packets of data flowing through the communications network ...

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A method for analyzing traffic in a communications network includes sampling data packets at a plurality of network interconnection points, wherein sampling the data packets includes generating a plurality of sampled packet data in one or more standardized formats, converting the sampled packet data from the one or more standardized formats into a neutral format, and aggregating the sampled packet data in the neutral format from the plurality of network interconnection points. A system includes a communications node operable to sample data packets flowing through and generate sample packet data in a specified format, a collector node operable to convert the sampled packet data into a neutral format, the collector node further operable to map IP addresses of the sampled packet data to corresponding prefixes in a routing table; and an aggregator node operable to aggregate neutrally formatted sampled packet data from a plurality of collector nodes.

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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application is a continuation of and claims the benefit of priority to U.S. nonprovisional application Ser. No. 12 / 116,354, filed May 7, 2008, titled “SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AGGREGATING AND REPORTING NETWORK TRAFFIC DATA,” which is hereby incorporated by reference herein. Application Ser. No. 12 / 116,354 claims the benefit of priority to U.S. provisional application No. 60 / 948,960, filed Jul. 10, 2007, which is hereby incorporated by reference herein.COPYRIGHT NOTICE[0002]Contained herein is material that is subject to copyright protection. The copyright owner has no objection to the facsimile reproduction of the patent disclosure by any person as it appears in the Patent and Trademark Office patent files or records, but otherwise reserves all rights to the copyright whatsoever. Copyright © 2008 Level 3 Communications, LLC.TECHNICAL FIELD[0003]Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to network communications. More specifi...

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IPC IPC(8): H04L12/26H04L47/31
CPCH04L43/04H04L43/026H04L47/2425H04L43/022H04L43/062H04L12/5602Y02D30/50H04L43/50H04L43/0876H04L43/16
InventorALCALA, RAOULCOMSTEDT, NICLASWHITAKER, JEFF
OwnerLEVEL 3 COMM LLC