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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2010
Terence M. Breslin, San Mateo, CA (US);
David Kucharczyk, Santa Fe, NM (US);
Jan Allen Hinshaw, Prescott Valley, AZ (US);
Terence M. Breslin, San Mateo, CA (US);
David Kucharczyk, Santa Fe, NM (US);
Jan Allen Hinshaw, Prescott Valley, AZ (US);
VSS Monitoring, Inc., San Mateo, CA (US);
Abstract
A network traffic distribution device (e.g., a network tap or similar device) is configured to receive and analyze captured network traffic data packets that include tunneling IDs (e.g., GTP tunneling IDs) and, based on that analysis, to distribute those data packets in such a way that data packets with the same tunneling IDs are distributed to a common egress port of the network traffic distribution device. In some cases, each flow of data packets with a common tunneling ID is sent to a unique external device, while in other cases, two or more traffic flows, each with packets having respective, common tunneling IDs may be provided to the same external device, either via a common egress port of the network traffic monitoring device or via separate egress ports thereof.