Methods and systems for detection of asymmetric network data traffic and associated network devices
AssigneeCloudgenix, Inc.
InventorsVenkataraman Anand, Arivu Ramasamy
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Abstract
A method includes monitoring a plurality of network devices to collect network performance data comprising data flow records of each device on the network and to create a network topology database, accessing the network topology database comprising information on an entry and exit point of each device, the manner in which the devices are connected and a plurality of data flow records on a single data flow from multiple devices on the network and utilizing the network topology database to perform an asymmetric detection algorithm to identify one or more data flows that exited a device via a first path and returned to the device via a different second path.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- monitoring a plurality of network devices to collect network performance data comprising data flow records of each device on the network and to create a network topology database;
- accessing the network topology database comprising information on an entry and exit point of each device, the manner in which the devices are connected and a plurality of data flow records on a single data flow from multiple devices on the network;
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- utilizing the network topology database to perform an asymmetric detection algorithm to identify one or more data flows that exited a device via a first path and returned to the device via a different second path.
A system configured to:
- monitor a plurality of network devices to collect network performance data comprising data flow records of each device on the network and to create a network topology database;
- access the network topology database comprising information on an entry and exit point of each device, the manner in which the devices are connected and a plurality of data flow records on a single data flow from multiple devices on the network;
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- utilize the network topology database to perform an asymmetric detection algorithm to identify one or more data flows that exited a device via a first path and returned to the device via a different second path.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.