Patent ID: 7593351
Filing Date: 2009-09-22
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for execution at a central monitoring device, comprising: fetchling network traffic information from one or more remote monitoring devices in a network; synchronizing the network traffic information collected from the remote monitoring devices; identifying available and unavailable network traffic information, based on an absence of expected reporting; storing available network traffic information in a buffer; starting a timeout period to await receipt of as yet unavailable network traffic information for each corresponding unavailable remote monitoring device; ceasing collection of network traffic information from each unavailable remote monitoring device after expiration of each corresponding timeout period; resuming collection of network traffic information from a previously unavailable one of the remote monitoring devices in response to receipt of a notification from the previously unavailable remote monitoring device indicating that some or all of the previously unavailable network traffic information is available; and consolidating the network traffic information to provide information regarding the overall network performance.