System and method for estimating an amount of acknowledged application data transmitted by encrypted transport
US10122606B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 4, 2017 |
| Grant date | Nov 6, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 29, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L43/08
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and computer-implemented method to process bidirectional network traffic having encrypted application data and using an encrypted transport protocol. The method includes estimating a size of encrypted application data in respective packets of the bidirectional network traffic, wherein the packets of the bidirectional network traffic are transported in opposing directions. The method further includes assigning timing criteria to respective application packets transported in the opposing directions that were determined to include a threshold amount of encrypted application data, the timing criteria being based on a time of observation at an observation point of the corresponding application packet, and acknowledging, for respective packets of the application packets, selected application packets that were selected based on the timing criteria assigned to the respective application packets. The method further includes estimating an amount of encrypted application data transported in at least one of the opposing directions based on a sum of the estimated size of the encrypted application data in the respective acknowledged packets transported in the at least one of the opposin…
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