Session Layer For Monitoring Utility Application Traffic
AssigneeCisco Technology, Inc.
InventorsNavindra Yadav, Atul Mahamuni
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Abstract
Techniques are provided to facilitate monitoring of utility application traffic streams. At a network device that routes utility application traffic for utility devices, control information is received, where the control information is configured to cause the network device to monitor utility application traffic that passes through the network device. The network device monitors a header inserted into utility application traffic messages based on the control information.
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A method comprising:
- at each network device of a plurality of network devices which routes utility application traffic, receiving control information indicating one or more thresholds for application specific flow metrics associated with utility application traffic streams, the control information configured to cause each network device to monitor utility application traffic messages that pass through each network device from a specific first utility device to a specific second utility device via a particular utility application traffic stream;
- monitoring the utility application traffic with respect to the one or more thresholds by monitoring a header inserted into the utility application traffic messages based on the received control information;
- and
- identifying the utility application traffic from the specific first utility device to the specific second utility device based on the header.
An apparatus comprising:
- a network interface unit configured to enable communications over a network and to receive control information indicating one or more thresholds for application specific flow metrics associated with utility application traffic streams;
- switch hardware configured to route packets in the network;
- a processor coupled to the network interface unit and switch hardware, the processor configured to:
- monitor utility application traffic messages in the network from a specific first utility device to a specific second utility device via a particular utility application traffic stream in order to monitor the utility application traffic with respect to the one or more thresholds contained in the control information by monitoring a header inserted into the utility application traffic messages based on the received control information;
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- identify the utility application traffic from the specific first utility device to the specific second utility device based on the identifier.
One or more non-transitory computer readable storage media encoded with software comprising computer executable instructions and when the software is executed operable to:
- obtain control information indicating one or more thresholds for application specific flow metrics associated with utility application traffic streams, configured to cause a processor in a network device to monitor utility application traffic messages in a network from a specific first utility device to a specific second utility device via a particular utility application traffic stream;
- monitor the utility application traffic with respect to the one or more thresholds contained in the control information by monitoring a header inserted into the utility application traffic messages based on the received control information;
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- identify the utility application traffic from the specific first utility device to the specific second utility device based on the identifier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.