Patent ID: 8730807

Claim:
A system for monitoring networks comprising: a memory that stores instructions; and a processor that executes the instructions to perform operations, the operations comprising: identifying traffic entering a backbone network via a predetermined ingress point that is addressed to a predetermined destination; determining a subset of the traffic addressed to the predetermined destination based on the subset of the traffic being associated with a multiprotocol label switching based virtual private network; mapping a measurement complex into the virtual private network; diverting the subset of the traffic to the measurement complex via an advertisement-generated dynamic tunnel while allowing the traffic not in the subset to proceed to the predetermined destination without diversion to the measurement complex, wherein the advertisement-generated dynamic tunnel is dynamically generated in response to performance data of interest, wherein the subset of the traffic is diverted to the measurement complex based in part on receipt of a classless inter-domain routing block associated with the subset of the traffic, and wherein the advertisement-generated dynamic tunnel is based on an intelligent route service control processor advertisement; inserting a passive probe and an active probe into the virtual private network traversed by the subset of the traffic and into a route traversed by the subset of the traffic, wherein the mapping of the measurement complex enables the active probe to be mapped into the virtual private network and enables passive monitoring of every flow in the virtual private network; receiving statistical information for the subset of the traffic from the measurement complex from a syslog and a remote procedure call, wherein the statistical information is utilized for setting a type and an amount of the traffic to be sent to the measurement complex; and transmitting the subset of the traffic from the measurement complex to a routing entity associated with the backbone network, wherein the routing entity forwards the subset of the traffic to the predetermined destination.