Monitoring and detecting causes of failures of network paths

A computer-implemented method for network path monitoring, the method comprising:

• generating a first network topology comprising a plurality of network paths, wherein each one of the network paths includes at least two nodes and at least one link;
• allocating health checks across the plurality of network paths in order to monitor all links in the network;
• measuring communication attributes across each of the plurality of paths in the network, wherein measuring the communication attributes across each the plurality of paths comprises using the generated first network topology, and manipulating port numbers to modify paths between two nodes;
• processing the measured communication attributes for detecting failures on the paths;
• analyzing each of the detected failures to determine at least one root cause for each of the failures;
• and
• remedying the at least one root cause determined, wherein remedying comprises at least one of gathering a subsequent network topology, reallocating the health checks, and generating an alarm indicating the root cause.

A non-transitory, computer-readable medium having a computer-executable component, the computer-executable component comprising:

• a network path monitoring component for:
• generating a first network topology comprising a plurality of network paths, wherein each one of the network paths includes at least two nodes and at least one link;
• allocating health checks across the plurality of network paths in order to monitor all links in the network;
• measuring communication attributes across each of the plurality of paths in the network, wherein measuring the communication attributes across each the plurality of paths comprises using the generated first network topology, and manipulating port numbers to modify paths between two nodes;
• and
• processing the measured communication attributes for detecting failures on the paths.