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Netscout Systems, Inc.

Daniel Andrew Hill

Abhishek Saraswati

Tauras Liubinskas

Yashovan B Neelakantamurthy

Shilpa Bansod

Sandeep Prasad

Vijayalakshmi Seshadri

Antoni Banach

Ming Tong Entlinger

Domenico Aldrovandi

Vignesh Janakiraman

In some embodiments, a non-transitory computer readable medium is disclosed. In some embodiments, the medium includes instructions for providing a mobile user monitoring solution that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to capture a first message transmitted over an Ninterface, extract at least one type of session ID and a first Next Generation Application Protocol (NGAP) tunnel endpoint identifier (TEID) from the first message, store the at least one type of session ID and the first NGAP TEID in a first Nprotocol data unit (PDU) session record, capture a second message transmitted over an Ninterface, extract a general packet radio service (GPRS) tunneling protocol (GTP)-user plane (U) TEID from the second message, wherein the GTP-U TEID matches the first NGAP TIED, and retrieve information associated with session details record using the GTP-U TEID.

5G N3 data plane enrichment using N11 interface in a monitoring system

An illustrative embodiment disclosed herein is a non-transitory computer readable medium. In some embodiments, the medium includes instructions for providing a mobile user monitoring solution that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to capture a first message transmitted over a packet forwarding control protocol (PFCP) interface, extract a permanent ID and a first user plane tunnel endpoint identifier (TEID) from the first message, store the permanent ID and the first user plane TEID in a PFCP protocol data unit (PDU) session record, store the permanent ID in a session details record, capture a second message transmitted over a user plane interface after the first message is transmitted, extract a second user plane TEID from the second message, wherein the second user plane TEID matches the first user plane TEID, and retrieve the session details record using the second user plane TEID.

Enrichment of monitoring user plane data using PFCP monitoring

In some embodiments, a non-transitory computer readable medium is disclosed. In some embodiments, the medium includes instructions for providing a mobile user monitoring solution that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to capture a first message transmitted over an N11 interface, extract at least one type of session ID and a first Next Generation Application Protocol (NGAP) tunnel endpoint identifier (TEID) from the first message, store the at least one type of session ID and the first NGAP TEID in a first N11 protocol data unit (PDU) session record, capture a second message transmitted over an N3 interface, extract a general packet radio service (GPRS) tunneling protocol (GTP)-user plane (U) TEID from the second message, wherein the GTP-U TEID matches the first NGAP TIED, and retrieve information associated with session details record using the GTP-U TEID.

A method for monitoring tunneled Internet Protocol (IP) traffic in a communication network includes monitoring tunnel signaling flows to determine relationships between tunnels and subscriber sessions for each established tunnel. A first tunnel signaling state is stored in a data repository for each established tunnel. The first tunnel signaling state is indicative of the determined relationship between the tunnel and corresponding subscriber sessions. A second tunnel signaling state is validated based on the stored first tunnel signaling state to identify incorrect association between a monitored tunnel and corresponding subscriber session, in response to detecting a monitoring gap.

Fault-tolerant monitoring of tunneled IP flows

A method of assessing consumer reaction to a marketing stimulus, involving the steps of (a) exposing a sample population to a marketing stimulus for a period of time, (b) interviewing members of the sample population immediately after exposure of the members to the marketing stimulus, (c) videotaping any facial expressions and associated verbal comments of individual members of the sample population during the exposure period and interview, (d) reviewing the videotaped facial expressions and associated verbal comments of individual members of the sample population to (1) detect the occurrence of action units, (2) detect the occurrence of a smile, (3) categorize any detected smile as duchenne or social smile, (4) detect the occurrence of any verbal comment associated with a detected smile, and (5) categorize any associated verbal comment as positive, neutral or negative, (e) coding a single action unit or combination of action units to a coded unit, (f) associating coded units with any contemporaneously detected smile, (g) translating the coded unit to a scored unit, (h) tallying the scored unit by scoring unit category, (i) repeating steps (d) through (h) throughout the exposure period, (j) repeating steps (d) through (h) for a plurality of the members of the sample population, (k) calculating an impact value for each scoring unit category by multiplying the tallied number of scored units for each scoring unit category by a predetermined impact factor for that scoring unit category, (l) calculating an appeal value for each scoring unit category by multiplying the tallied number of scored units for each scoring unit category by a predetermined appeal factor for that scoring unit category, (m) combining the impact values obtained for each scoring unit category to obtain an impact score, (n) combining the appeal values obtained for each scoring unit category to obtain an appeal score, and (o) representing the appeal and impact scores with an identification of the corresponding marketing stimulus to which the members were exposed.

Method of facial coding monitoring for the purpose of gauging the impact and appeal of commercially-related stimuli

A method of assessing consumer reaction to a marketing stimulus, involving the steps of (a) exposing a sample population to a marketing stimulus for a period of time, (b) interviewing members of the sample population immediately after exposure of the members to the marketing stimulus, (c) videotaping any facial expressions and associated verbal comments of individual members of the sample population during the exposure period and interview, (d) reviewing the videotaped facial expressions and associated verbal comments of individual members of the sample population to () detect the occurrence of action units, () detect the occurrence of a smile, () categorize any detected smile as duchenne or social smile, () detect the occurrence of any verbal comment associated with a detected smile, and () categorize any associated verbal comment as positive, neutral or negative, (e) coding a single action unit or combination of action units to a coded unit, (f) associating coded units with any contemporaneously detected smile, (g) translating the coded unit to a scored unit, (h) tallying the scored unit by scoring unit category, (i) repeating steps (d) through (h) throughout the exposure period, (j) repeating steps (d) through (h) for a plurality of the members of the sample population, (k) calculating an impact value for each scoring unit category by multiplying the tallied number of scored units for each scoring unit category by a predetermined impact factor for that scoring unit category, (l) calculating an appeal value for each scoring unit category by multiplying the tallied number of scored units for each scoring unit category by a predetermined appeal factor for that scoring unit category, (m) combining the impact values obtained for each scoring unit category to obtain an impact score, (n) combining the appeal values obtained for each scoring unit category to obtain an appeal score, and (o) representing the appeal and impact scores with an identification of the corresponding marketing stimulus to which the members were exposed.

A sample population including a plurality of members participate in a consumer activity for a participation period to assess consumer reaction to the consumer activity. Surface electromyography signals from a zygomatic muscle and electrodermography signals of each member of the sample population are measured during the participation period. Data is recorded including at least a description of a stimulus experienced by each member during the participation period and a description of the interaction between the member and the stimulus. The recorded data is synchronized with the measurements of electromyography signals and electrodermography signals for each member to allow association of the recorded data with the measurements. The electromyography signals are equated or translated to an appeal value and the electrodermography signals are equated or translated to an impact value for each member. At least one of the appeal and impact values are visually represented, identified with the synchronously recorded stimulus.

Method of measuring consumer reaction while participating in a consumer activity

A method of assessing consumer reaction to a marketing stimulus, involving the steps of (a) exposing a sample population to a marketing stimulus for an exposure period, (b) measuring surface electromyography signals from a zygomatic muscle of each member of the sample population during an exposure period, (c) optionally measuring surface electromyography signals from a corrugator facial muscle of each member of the sample population during the exposure period and combining the measured surface electromyography signals from the zygomatic and corrugator facial muscle of each member of the sample population to produce combined electromyography signals, (d) measuring electrodermography signals of each member of the sample population during the exposure period, (e) equating or translating the electromyography signals to an appeal value for each member, (f) equating or translating the electrodermography signals to an impact value for each member, and (g) visually representing each of the appeal and impact values identified by the marketing stimulus to which the members were exposed when the measurements were taken.

Method of measuring consumer reaction

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Daniel Andrew Hill