Devices for analyzing and mitigating dropped packets

A device, comprising:

• one or more memories;
• and
• one or more processors to:
• subscribe to receive data from a network device based on an occurrence of an event,
• wherein the event includes a packet being dropped by the network device;
• receive, based on the occurrence of the event, the data from the network device,
• wherein the data is associated with a plurality of packets dropped by the network device,
• wherein the packet is one of the plurality of packets, and
• wherein the data includes:
• a first descriptor based on a type of packet drop associated with one or more of the plurality of packets dropped by the network device, and
• one or more second descriptors based on a packet flow associated with the plurality of packets dropped by the network device;
• input the first descriptor and the one or more second descriptors into a model;
• compare, using the model, the first descriptor and the one or more second descriptors;
• determine, based on comparing the first descriptor and the one or more second descriptors, a dropped packet profile associated with the network device;
• analyze the dropped packet profile to determine that additional data is needed;
• query the network device to obtain the additional data;
• receive the additional data based on querying the network device;
• correlate the additional data and the dropped packet profile to determine a cause for dropping of the plurality of packets dropped by the network device;
• and
• permit an action to be performed based on the cause for the dropping of the plurality of packets dropped by the network device.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions, the instructions comprising:

• one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
• subscribe to receive data from a network device based on an occurrence of an event,
• wherein the event includes a packet being dropped by the network device;
• receive, based on the occurrence of the event, the data from the network device,
• wherein the data is associated with a plurality of packets dropped by the network device, and
• wherein the packet is one of a plurality of packets,
• wherein the data includes:
• a first descriptor based on a type of packet drop associated with the packet of the plurality of packets dropped by the network device, and
• one or more second descriptors based on a packet flow associated with the plurality of packets dropped by the network device;
• input the first descriptor and the one or more second descriptors into a model;
• compare, using the model, the first descriptor and the one or more second descriptors;
• determine, based on comparing the first descriptor and the one or more second descriptors, a dropped packet profile associated with the network device;
• determine that additional data is needed based on analyzing the dropped packet profile;
• query the network device to obtain the additional data;
• correlate the additional data and the dropped packet profile to determine a cause for dropping of the plurality of packets dropped by the network device;
• and
• cause the network device to perform an action based on the cause for the dropping of the plurality of packets dropped by the network device.