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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2013
Filed:
May. 05, 2011
Gerald Pepper, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Manley Klassen, Oxnard, CA (US);
Dwayne Hunnicutt, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Gerald Pepper, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Manley Klassen, Oxnard, CA (US);
Dwayne Hunnicutt, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Ixia, Calabasas, CA (US);
Abstract
There is disclosed a method of capturing packets and packet receivers to capture packets. A plurality of packets may be received form a network. A timestamp may be attached to each received packet. The timestamped received packet may be distributed among a plurality of capture engines. Each of the plurality of capture engines may store, in a respective capture memory of a plurality of capture memories, at least some timestamped received packets determined to match one or more of a plurality of predetermined capture criteria. A list in timestamp order of contiguous packets stored in the plurality of capture memories may be prepared.