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Traffic receiver using parallel capture engines

US7953092B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 8, 2009
Grant dateMay 31, 2011
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Expiry dateSep 1, 2029

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L49/555
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

There is disclosed a method of capturing packets and packet receivers to capture packets. A timestamp may be attached to each packet received from a network. Each timestamped packet may be routed to a capture engine of a plurality of capture engines. Each of the plurality of capture engines may save at least some packets determined to match one or more of a plurality of predetermined capture criteria. A list of contiguously captured packets in time-stamp order may be prepared.

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