SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SUBSCRIBER AWARE NETWORK MONITORING

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 determ...

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Hauptverfasser: FICKLING DOUGLAS ARTHUR, DOLSON DAVID CAMERON, WILLARD TRAVIS JAMES, SHILO DROR YEHUDA, BEGLEY JEFFREY THOMAS
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung: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.