Patent ID: 6526044
Filing Date: 2003-02-25
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A method of obtaining analysis-derived statistics relating to signal traffic over a network, comprising:acquiring sample network signal frames in real time within a monitoring session; tagging each acquired sample frame with a time stamp and with a frame number, the time stamp identifying the sample frame's real time of acquisition, and the frame number identifying its relative placement among a sequence of acquired sample frames within said session; storing succeeding sample frames at succeeding available address locations among a first group of address locations in signal memory; analyzing each stored sample frame to obtain an analysis-derived statistic therefrom; storing each analysis-derived statistic in association with the time stamp and frame number of its related analyzed sample frame at one of a second group of address locations in signal memory; and reporting said analysis-derived statistics in a format which evidences the real time of occurrence of each statistic within the session.