Systems and methods for communication system resource contention monitoring

A switching resource of a communication system, the switching resource comprising:

• a buffer memory that stores data of traffic flows transiting the switching resource;
• and
• a single application-specific integrated circuit that:
• services the traffic flows by operating the buffer memory;
• includes an interface for configuring the single application-specific integrated circuit to:
• generate, in response to instances of a micro-burst condition being satisfied at the switching resource, a micro-burst view comprising a plurality of data points sampled over a plurality of continuous sampling intervals;
• and
• refrain from generating or transmitting any additional micro-burst views during at least one extended time interval between instances of the micro-burst condition being satisfied at the switching resource;
• detects, concurrently with servicing the traffic flows, an instance of the micro-burst condition being satisfied at the switching resource;
• generates, concurrently with servicing the traffic flows, the micro-burst view by sampling each of the plurality of data points in response to the instance of the micro-burst condition being satisfied at the switching resource, wherein:
• each of the plurality of data points is sampled during a corresponding one of the plurality of continuous sampling intervals;
• and
• each of the plurality of data points indicates at least one of:
• a measurement of one or more components of the switching resource made during the corresponding one of the plurality of continuous sampling intervals;
• or
• a measurement of the traffic flows made during the corresponding one of the plurality of continuous sampling intervals;
• and
• transmits the plurality of data points to a receiving device external to the switching resource as part of the generated micro-burst view.

An Internet Protocol (IP) network switch of an IP network, the IP network switch comprising:

• a buffer that stores data packets received from one or more ingress ports before being transmitted by one or more egress ports;
• and
• a single application-specific integrated circuit that:
• stores the data packets to the buffer as part of servicing one or more traffic flows;
• includes an interface for configuring the single application-specific integrated circuit to:
• generate, in response to instances of a micro-burst condition being satisfied at the IP network switch, a micro-burst view comprising a plurality of data points sampled over a plurality of continuous sampling intervals;
• and
• refrain from generating or transmitting any additional micro-burst views during at least one extended time interval between instances of the micro-burst condition being satisfied at the IP network switch;
• detects, concurrently with servicing the traffic flows, an instance of the micro-burst condition being satisfied at the IP network switch;
• generates, concurrently with servicing the traffic flows, the micro-burst view by sampling each of the plurality of data points in response to the instance of the micro-burst condition being satisfied at the IP network switch, wherein:
• each of the plurality of data points is sampled during a corresponding one of the plurality of continuous sampling intervals;
• and
• each of the plurality of data points indicates at least one of:
• a measurement of one or more components of the IP network switch made during the corresponding one of the plurality of continuous sampling intervals;
• or
• a measurement of the traffic flows made during the corresponding one of the plurality of continuous sampling intervals;
• and
• transmits the plurality of data points to a receiving device external to the IP network switch as part of the generated micro-burst view.