Central traffic correlation system
AssigneeSprint Communications Company L.P.
InventorKevin Harry Hansen
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Abstract
In an embodiment of the invention, the CTCS is configured to receive a correlation request for a first service session from a client device and process the correlation request to select a first traffic collection system (TCS) and a second TCS. The CTCS also generates a collection request and transmits the collection request for the first service session to the first TCS and the second TCS. The CTCS then receives a first collection response from the first TCS indicating first data for the first service session, and receives a second collection response from the second TCS indicating second data for the first service session. The CTCS then processes the first data and the second data to generate a correlation response and transfers the correlation response to the client device indicating the first and second data.
Claims18
A system for correlating signaling traffic for service sessions in a packet service network, the system comprising:
- a central traffic correlation system (CTCS) configured to receive a correlation request for a first service session from a client device, transmit a collection request for the first service session to a first traffic collection system (TCS) and a second traffic collection system (TCS), receive a first collection response from the first TCS indicating first data for the first service session, receive a second collection response from the second TCS indicating second data for the first service session, and transfer a correlation response to the client device indicating the first and second data;
- the first TCS configured to monitor and store first signaling traffic for a first network region, receive the collection request from the CTCS, process the collection request to retrieve the first data for the first service session from the first signaling traffic, and transmit the first collection response indicating the first data to the CTCS;
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- the CTCS further configured to process the correlation request to select the first TCS and the second TCS and generate the collection request, and process the first data and the second data to generate the correlation response.
A method of operating a system for correlating signaling traffic for service sessions in a packet service network, the method comprising:
- in a central traffic correlation system (CTCS), receiving a correlation request for a first service session from a client device;
- in the CTCS, processing the correlation request to select a first traffic collection system (TCS) and a second TCS;
- in the CTCS, generating and transmitting a collection request for the first service session to the first TCS and the second TCS;
- in the first TCS, monitoring and storing first signaling traffic for a first network region, receiving the collection request from the CTCS, processing the collection request to retrieve the first data for the first service session from the first signaling traffic, and transmitting the first collection response indicating the first data to the CTCS;
- in the CTCS, receiving a first collection response from the first TCS indicating first data for the first service session;
- in the CTCS, receiving a second collection response from the second TCS indicating second data for the first service session;
- in the CTCS, processing the first data and the second data to generate a correlation response;
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- in the CTCS, transferring the correlation response to the client device indicating the first and second data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.