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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2020
Telecom Italia S.p.a., Milan, IT;
Mauro Cociglio, Turin, IT;
Giuseppe Fioccola, Marigliano, IT;
TELECOM ITALIA S.p.A., Milan, IT;
Abstract
An apparatus and associated method for processing packets transmitted in a packet-switched communication network includes a sampling module that identifies amongst the received packets a plurality of samples distributed in a statistically uniform way amongst at least two non-overlapping sample sequences. Each sample sequence is then subjected to at least one identification rule, thereby identifying in the sample sequence at least one sub-sequence of samples fulfilling the at least one identification rule. The identification rule comprises a condition on the value of at least one identification field of the packets. Then, at least one parameter indicative of a behavior of the at least one sub-sequence of samples is provided.