Patent ID: 9584387
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A computer implemented method of monitoring a computer network including a plurality of monitored links, comprising: specifying, by a network monitoring system, a plurality of links to be monitored in the computer network; determining, by the network monitoring system based on the specified plurality of links, respective paths for a plurality of monitoring packets to travel through the computer network to respective destination nodes such that every specified link in the computer network is included in a plurality of paths; generating, by the network monitoring system, the plurality of monitoring packets, each monitoring packet including forwarding information identifying each of the specified links the monitoring packet is to traverse along its respective path; causing, by the network monitoring system, one or more source nodes to transmit the plurality of monitoring packets such that each monitoring packet commences traversal of its respective path; and tracking, by the network monitoring system, receipt of the generated monitoring packets by the respective destination nodes.