Sampling fractal internet protocol traffic with bounded error tolerance and response time

A system for monitoring data traffic in a network using sampling comprises:

• a probe that samples the data traffic and generates sampled data;
• a processor that processes the sampled data;
• a memory;
• and
• a computer program stored in the memory and executed by the processor, the computer program comprising instructions that, when executed by the processor, determine a sampling interval and a sample size for the sampled data, the sampling interval and the sample size being determined from initial sampled data, such that errors associated with the sampling are bounded by an error tolerance and the sampling has a predetermined response time.

A system for monitoring data traffic in a network using sampling comprising:

• a probe that samples the data traffic and generates sampled data;
• a processor that processes the sampled data;
• a memory:
• and
• a computer program stored in the memory and executed by the processor, the computer program comprising instructions that, when executed by the processor, determine a sampling interval and a sample size for the sampling, the determined sampling interval and sample size facilitating further sampling of the data traffic, such that an error tolerance and a response time for the sampling are achieved.