Patent ID: 9614766
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A method comprising: capturing a plurality of packets with a sniffer tool; gleaning packet information from each of the plurality of packets; storing gleaned packet information in a packet information database, wherein the packet information database comprises at least a flow table, a congestion table, and a packet table; and analyzing the packet information database to monitor network congestion; wherein the flow table comprises at least one flow record about at least one data flow, wherein the at least one flow record comprises a unique flow identifier value, a flow source address, a flow destination address, a flow source port, and a flow destination port; wherein the congestion table comprises at least one congestion record, wherein the at least one congestion record comprises a unique congestion record identifier value, a congestion start time, and a congestion end time; and wherein the packet table comprises at least one packet record about at least one packet, wherein the at least one packet record comprises the unique flow identifier value, a packet length value, a packet arrival time, and a packet latency value.