Patent Document ID: 7869354
Application ID: 11468842
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for analyzing network traffic using an improved Markov Modulated Poisson Process (‘MMPP’) Model with one bursty state and a plurality of idle states, the method comprising: establishing a time scale of operation for each state in the improved MMPP model, the improved MMPP model comprising a single MMPP model, the single MMPP model comprising only one bursty state and at least two idle states, wherein the time scale of operation for a particular state differs from the time scale of operation for all other states by at least one order of magnitude; establishing a transition value for each state in dependence upon the time scale of operation for the state; measuring inter-arrival times between individual packets received in one or more network adapters; and determining a current state for the network traffic in dependence upon the measured inter-arrival time of a most recently received packet and the transition values.