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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 16, 1999
Jay B. Wolf, Framingham, MA (US);
Will C. Lauer, Marlborough, MA (US);
Bradley S. Carey, E. Walpole, MA (US);
Lawrence A. Stabile, Cochituate, MA (US);
Concord Communications Inc., Marlboro, MA (US);
Abstract
A method for collecting and reporting monitored data for network traffic, which has been accumulated by a plurality of remote probes. The method includes making a series of polling requests for lists of monitoring data to each probe and receiving the requested lists. Each list has traffic count values that are identified by at least a sampling time, a source address, a destination address and a probe identifier. The method also includes calculating the traffic observed by each probe between successive sampling times and apportioning the calculated traffic data among a single set of consecutive temporal intervals and selecting best counts to avoid overcounting.