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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2003
Diego Dugatkin, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Clifford Hannel, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Diego Dugatkin, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Clifford Hannel, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
IXIA, Calabasas, CA (US);
Abstract
Automated characterization of network traffic. A method may include compiling and/or receiving network traffic data based on the network traffic, preparing a network traffic characterization based on the network traffic data, and generating outgoing network traffic scripts based on the network traffic characterization. A method may also include capturing network traffic and generating test network traffic based on the scripts. A system on which the method may be executed may include one or more chassis and/or computing devices, each having one or more network cards. The chassis and/or computing devices may be connected to one or more networks and to one another. The networks may include a production network and a test network. A system may include a data collector, a characterization engine, and a script generator, and may also include a traffic generator.