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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2007
Yoogin Lean, Apex, NC (US);
Philippe Besset, Rixheim, FR;
William Salvin, Spechbach le bas, FR;
Amit H. Chatterjee, Apex, NC (US);
Yoogin Lean, Apex, NC (US);
Philippe Besset, Rixheim, FR;
William Salvin, Spechbach le bas, FR;
Amit H. Chatterjee, Apex, NC (US);
Tekelec, Morrisville, NC (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and computer program products for monitoring tunneled Internet protocol (IP) traffic on a high bandwidth IP network are disclosed. According to one method, a copy of a tunneled IP packet traversing an IP communications network is generated. The packet may include a payload having tunneled protocol address information. The tunneled protocol address information and the payload portion of the copied IP packet is read. The packet is distributed, using the tunneled protocol address information, to a function for providing at least one of packet classification and network monitoring service for the packet.