Flexible network measurement
US8730819B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 14, 2010 |
| Grant date | May 20, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 30, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L43/12
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and a computer-readable storage medium are disclosed for flexible network measurement. Embodiments disclose receiving a network measurement request, transmitting portions of the request to network devices, configuring the network devices to collect metrics from packet data based on the portions of the request, and performing operations to generate metrics as a response to the network measurement request. Embodiments also disclose a flexible, dynamically configurable packet parser. Other embodiments are also disclosed.
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