Patent ID: 8751642
Filing Date: 2014-06-10
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for management of sampled traffic data, the method comprising: for each network device of a plurality of network devices associated with a sampler proxy, determining at least one data source associated with the network device, wherein each of the data sources is identified by a device unique identifier identifying the network device, a local identifier, and a global identifier, wherein the global identifiers are unique across the data sources; receiving, by the sampler proxy, a global sampling configuration for a selected data source from a data collector, wherein the selected data source is identified in the global sampling configuration by the global identifier of the selected data source; translating, by the sampler proxy, the global sampling configuration to a local sampling configuration by mapping the global identifier of the selected data source to the corresponding device unique identifier and the local identifier to determine a network address of the selected data source; and transmitting, by the sampler proxy, the local sampling configuration to the selected data source using the determined network address.