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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2012
Scott R. Kotrla, Wylie, TX (US);
Christopher N. Delregno, Rowlett, TX (US);
Matthew W. Turlington, Richardson, TX (US);
Scott R. Kotrla, Wylie, TX (US);
Christopher N. DelRegno, Rowlett, TX (US);
Matthew W. Turlington, Richardson, TX (US);
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
An approach is provided for monitoring interface utilization. Bandwidth data for an interface is collected during a configurable time interval, and a peak utilization of the interface over the time interval is determined using a plurality of incremented policers to measure the collected bandwidth data. An implementation of which is system that includes a monitoring module configured to collect bandwidth data for an interface over a configurable time interval, a plurality of incremented policers configured to measure the collected bandwidth data, and an analysis module configured to determine a peak utilization of the interface over the time interval using the measurements of the plurality of incremented policers.