US 2021/0083985 A1 · SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A NETWORK PERFORMANCE PROPERTY IN AT LEAST ONE NETWORK

Abstract

Systems and methods of determining a network performance property in at least one computer network, including: sampling traffic in active communication with the at least one computer network, analyzing the sampled traffic to group communication packets to flows, and predicting at least one network property of the at least one network based on the grouped communication packets and based on at least one traffic parameter in the at least one network, where the at least one traffic parameter is selected from the group consisting of: union of packet streams, intersection of packet streams, and differences of packet streams, and where the predicted at least one network property is selected from the group consisting of: total number of flows, number of flows with a predefined characteristic, number of packets, and volume of packets.

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Dependent claims

A method of determining a network performance property in at least one computer network, the method comprising:

sampling, by a processor, traffic in active communication with the at least one computer network, in a location of the at least one network;
analyzing, by the processor, the sampled traffic to group communication packets to flows, wherein a flow is defined as a set of packets with a common property selected from the group consisting of:
communication protocol, port number, encryption type, source IP address and destination IP address;
and
predicting, by the processor, at least one network property of the at least one network based on the grouped communication packets and based on at least one traffic parameter in the at least one network;
wherein the at least one traffic parameter is selected from the group consisting of:
union of packet streams, intersection of packet streams, and differences of packet streams, and
wherein the predicted at least one network property is selected from the group consisting of:
total number of flows, number of flows with a predefined characteristic, number of packets, and volume of packets.

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A device for determination of a network performance property in at least one network, the device comprising:

a memory;
and
a processor in active communication with the at least one network, wherein the processor is configured to:
sample traffic in a location of the at least one network;
analyze the sampled traffic to group communication packets to flows, wherein a flow is defined as a set of packets with a common property selected from the group consisting of:
communication protocol, port number, encryption type, source IP address and destination IP address;
and
predict at least one network property of the at least one network based on the grouped communication packets and based on at least one traffic parameter in the at least one network,
wherein the at least one traffic parameter is selected from the group consisting of:
union of data packet streams, intersection of data packet streams, and differences of data packet streams, and
wherein the predicted at least one network property is selected from the group consisting of:
total number of flows, number of flows with a predefined characteristic, number of packets, and volume of packets.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

System and method for determining a network performance property in at least one network

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