System and method for visualizing traffic and path in network

An apparatus for visualizing traffic in a network to be managed, comprising:

• a specifying unit that determines specification information for specifying a traffic in accordance with an instruction from a user;
• a traffic acquiring unit that acquires traffic information regarding the traffic specified by the specification information, the traffic passing through a series of one or more routers inside the network and the traffic information being collected from one or more border routers located at a border of the network;
• a determining unit that determines a start router, through which the traffic passes into the network, and an end router, through which the traffic passes out of the network;
• a path acquiring unit that acquires path information regarding an internal path of the network from the start router to the end router, the path information identifying said series of one or more routers on the internal path;
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• an informing unit that gives information to the user based on the traffic information acquired by the traffic acquiring unit and the path information acquired by the path acquiring unit, the information associating the specified traffic with the internal path through which the specified traffic passes from the start router to the end router.

An apparatus for visualizing traffic in a network to be managed, comprising:

• a path acquiring unit that acquires path information regarding at least one path passing through a router or a link between routers designated by a user inside the network, the path information identifying a series of one or more routers on each of said at least one path;
• a determining unit that determines a start router and an end router for each of said at least one path, the start router and the end router being located at a border of the network;
• a specifying unit that determines specification information for specifying a traffic based on the end router determined by the determining unit;
• a traffic acquiring unit that acquires traffic information regarding the traffic specified by the specification information, the traffic passing through said series of one or more routers inside the network and the traffic information being collected from the start router determined by the determining unit;
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• an informing unit that gives information to the user based on the traffic information acquired by the traffic acquiring unit and the path information acquired by the path acquiring unit, the information associating the specified traffic with a path through which the specified traffic passes from the start router to the end router.

A method of visualizing traffic in a network to be managed, comprising:

• determining specification information for specifying a traffic in accordance with an instruction from a user;
• acquiring traffic information regarding the traffic specified by the specification information, the traffic passing through a series of one or more routers inside the network and the traffic information being collected from one or more border routers located at a border of the network;
• determining a start router, through which the traffic passes into the network, and an end router, through which the traffic passes out of the network;
• acquiring path information regarding an internal path of the network from the start router to the end router, the path information identifying said series of one or more routers on the internal path;
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• giving information to the user based on the traffic information and the path information, the information associating the specified traffic with the internal path through which the specified traffic passes from the start router to the end router.

A method of visualizing traffic in a network to be managed, comprising:

• determining an end router in accordance with an instruction from a user;
• determining specification information for specifying a traffic, the specification information being registered corresponding to the end router by one or more border routers located at a border of the network;
• acquiring traffic information regarding the traffic specified by the specification information, the traffic passing through a series of one or more routers inside the network and the traffic information being collected from said one or more border routers;
• acquiring path information regarding an internal path of the network from a start router to the end router, the start router being said one or more border routers, the path information identifying said series of one or more routers on the internal path;
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• giving information to the user based on the traffic information and the path information, the information associating the specified traffic with the internal path through which the specified traffic passes from the start router to the end router.

A method of visualizing traffic in a network to be managed, comprising:

• acquiring path information regarding at least one path passing through a router or a link between routers designated by a user inside the network, the path information identifying a series of one or more routers on each of said at least one path;
• determining a start router and an end router for each of said at least one path, the start router and the end router being located at a border of the network;
• determining specification information for specifying a traffic based on the end router;
• acquiring traffic information regarding the traffic specified by the specification information, the traffic passing through said series of one or more routers inside the network and the traffic information being collected from the start router;
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• giving information to the user based on the traffic information and the path information, the information associating the specified traffic with a path through which the specified traffic passes from the start router to the end router.

A computer usable medium having computer readable program codes embodied therein for a computer functioning as an apparatus for visualizing traffic in a network to be managed, the computer readable program codes comprising:

• a traffic acquiring code module causing the computer to acquire traffic information regarding a traffic specified in accordance with an instruction from a user, the traffic passing through a series of one or more routers inside the network and the traffic information being collected from one or more border routers located at a border of the network;
• a path acquiring code module causing the computer to acquire path information regarding a path from a start router, through which the traffic passes into the network, to an end router, through which the traffic passes out of the network, based on information regarding internal paths in the network, the path information identifying said series of one or more routers on the path;
• a controlling code module causing the computer to control at least one of specification of the traffic and determination of the end router based on information regarding external paths of the network;
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• an informing code module causing the computer to give information to the user based on the traffic information acquired by the traffic acquiring code module and the path information acquired by the path acquiring code module, the information associating the specified traffic with the path through which the specified traffic passes from the start router to the end router.