US 2010/0303080 A1 · Method and System for Caching IP Network Topology

Abstract

In accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure, a system for caching network traffic includes an interface configured to receive traffic from a plurality of nodes communicating in a network, a processor coupled to the interface and configured to identify each of the plurality of nodes communicating in the network, and a database. The database includes a node object dimension table that includes an entry for each identified node. Each entry in the node object dimension table includes a node identification and an address for locating the node in the network. The database also includes a communication fact table that includes an entry for each communication in the network. Each entry in the communication fact table includes a source node identification that includes the node identification for the source node, a communication identification, and a destination node identification that includes the node identification for the destination node.

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Dependent claims

A system for caching network traffic, comprising:

an interface configured to receive traffic from a plurality of nodes communicating in a network;
a processor coupled to the interface and configured to identify each of the plurality of nodes communicating in the network;
a database comprising:
a node object dimension table, the node object dimension table comprising an entry for each identified node, each entry in the node object dimension table comprising a node identification and an address for locating the node in the network;
a communication fact table, the communication fact table comprising an entry for each communication in the network, each entry in the communication fact table comprising:
a source node identification, the source node identification comprising the node identification for the source node;
a communication identification;
and
a destination node identification, the destination node identification comprising the node identification for the destination node.

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A computer readable medium comprising computer code for caching network traffic, the computer code when executed being operable to:

determine whether network traffic is associated with a new communication, the new communication being a communication not previously identified in the network;
in response to determining that the network traffic is associated with a new communication:
assign a communication identification to the new communication;
create a new entry associated with the new communication in a communication fact table, the new entry in the communication fact table comprising the communication identification;
identify a communication protocol associated with the new communication;
and
create a new entry in a communication object dimension table, the new entry in the communication object dimension table comprising the communication identification for the new communication and a communication protocol identification for the protocol associated with the new communication.

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A method for caching network comprising:

receiving traffic associated with a plurality of communications in a network;
determining whether a communication of the plurality of communications is associated with a new communication, the new communication being a communication not previously identified in the network;
in response to determining that a communication of the plurality of communications is not associated with a new communication:
identifying one or more communication attributes associated with the communication;
determining whether the one or more communication attributes associated with the communication have been previously identified in the network;
and
if one or more of the communication attributes associated with the communication have not been previously identified in the network:
assign an attribute identification to each of the one or more communication attributes that have not been previously identified in the network.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Method and System for Caching IP Network Topology

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Abstract

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