Patent ID: 8817658
Filing Date: 2014-08-26
Classification: H04L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for analyzing traffic in a communications network, the method comprising: collecting Internet Protocol (IP) statistics associated with data packets transceived at a plurality of network interconnection points; mapping IP addresses of the data packets to corresponding IP prefixes associated with a plurality of networks communicating over the communications network; and building a composite table of the IP statistics and IP prefixes to yield a composite traffic flow measurement associated with one or more of the networks, wherein the composite table comprises a list of transit next hops associated with at least a first peering partner and a second peering partner of the communications network; based on the list of transit next hops, determining that the first peering network indirectly accesses the communications network through the second peering network; and configuring routing information associated with the first peering network to enable the first peering network to directly access the communications network.