Patent ID: 7843938
Filing Date: 2010-11-30
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for optimizing network traffic settings, the method comprising steps of: (a) receiving, by an intermediary deployed between a first device and a second device, network traffic comprising data communicated between the first device and the second device via a network, storing a mirror copy of the data of the network traffic to a repository of the intermediary, and forwarding the network traffic to the second device; (b) transforming, by the intermediary, the mirror copy of the network traffic by one of compression or suppression to provide a transformed mirror copy of the data of the network traffic different than the forwarded network traffic, the transformed mirror copy comprising a transformed version of the data; (c) sampling, by the intermediary, portions of the transformed mirror copy of the network traffic; and (d) determining, by an analyzer of the intermediary, a bandwidth requirement of the network traffic and Quality of Service (QoS) setting of the intermediary for a predetermined service level based on the transformed sampled portions of the mirror copy of the network traffic.