US 9,313,126 B2 · System and method for subscriber aware network monitoring

Abstract

A system and method for subscriber aware network monitoring is provided. The method includes: determining subscriber and session data, wherein the subscriber has a non-unique IP (Internet Protocol) address; retrieving identifying data from a packet; and comparing the identifying data with the determined subscriber and session data to determine the subscriber associated with the packet. The system includes: at least one network probe configured to determine subscriber and session data, wherein the subscriber has a non-unique Internet Protocol (IP) address; at least one traffic probe configured to retrieve identifying data from a packet; and a processing module configured to compare the identifying data with the stored subscriber and session data to determine the subscriber associated with the packet.

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Dependent claims

A method for subscriber aware network monitoring for a network having at least one subscriber with a non-unique IP (Internet Protocol) address during a session comprising:

determining non-unique subscriber data and session data at a network probe on a network side of a carrier grade network address translation (CGN) device;
retrieving subscriber identifying data at a traffic probe on a subscriber side of the CGN device;
mapping the determined non-unique subscriber and session data to the subscriber identifying data to determine a subscriber associated with the non-unique subscriber and session data;
and
determining subscriber attributes based on the mapped data.

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