Patent ID: 8438262
Filing Date: 2013-05-07
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for fusing one or more instances of one or more message paths observed by a first collector to one or more instances of one or more message paths observed by a second collector, the first collector collecting message data from a first domain in a communication network, and the second collector collecting message data from a second domain in the communication network, there being one or more communication channels between the first and second domains, the first collector monitoring messages received in the first domain or sent from the first domain via the one or more communication channels, the second collector monitoring messages received in the second domain or sent from the first domain via the one or more communication channels, wherein each message transmitted on any one of the one or more communication channels has an associated message unique identifier (MUID), the method comprising: a. receiving from the first collector data indicative of instances of one or more message paths that occurred in the first domain and receiving from the second collector data indicative of instances of one or more message paths that occurred in the second domain, the data including a path unique identifier (PUID) of each instance of each of the one or more message paths, and the data including, for each message transmitted on one of the one or more communication channels, a MUID of the message; and b. for each of one or more instances of a first message path observed by the first collector, fusing the message path to a second message path observed the second collector, wherein the first and second message paths include a message having the same MUID.