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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2006
Mohan Kalkunte, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
John Jeffrey Dull, San Jose, CA (US);
Venkateshwar Buduma, San Jose, CA (US);
Mohan Kalkunte, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
John Jeffrey Dull, San Jose, CA (US);
Venkateshwar Buduma, San Jose, CA (US);
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A network device for providing statistical sampling of packet at a port. The network device includes an ingress module for randomly selecting a packet at one of a plurality of ports for statistical sampling and an egress module for randomly selecting a packet at one of a plurality of ports for statistical sampling. The network device also includes a processing module for receiving a copy of a selected packet from at least one of the ingress module or egress module and for performing statistical flow processing on the packet.