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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2006
Edward E. Barrett, Fairfax, VA (US);
Kirby Files, Milton, MA (US);
Ron Haberman, Cupertino, CA (US);
Shawn Edmondson, Holly Springs, NC (US);
Edward E. Barrett, Fairfax, VA (US);
Kirby Files, Milton, MA (US);
Ron Haberman, Cupertino, CA (US);
Shawn Edmondson, Holly Springs, NC (US);
Masergy Communications, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
A method of evaluating the performance of a network at an edge device of a provider network includes receiving a plurality of packets associated with a plurality of customers and copying the header information for each of the plurality of packets. The method also includes identifying one of the plurality of customers for each of the plurality of packets and storing the header information for each of the plurality of packets in a database associated with the identified customer.