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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2011
Raghavendra Uppalli, Cary, NC (US);
James Mark Shaw, Cary, NC (US);
Pradeep Natarajan, Raleigh, NC (US);
Alain Cohen, McLean, VA (US);
Raghavendra Uppalli, Cary, NC (US);
James Mark Shaw, Cary, NC (US);
Pradeep Natarajan, Raleigh, NC (US);
Alain Cohen, McLean, VA (US);
Riverbed Technology, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
Potential paths between a source and destination of a network are identified based on trace-route information, then filtered to eliminate paths or links that are not supported by ancillary information associated with the network so as to identify feasible/actual paths between the source and destination. The ancillary information includes, for example, routing tables and ARP tables. If a feasible path cannot be identified based on the ancillary information, supplemental information regarding nodes further along the potential path is assessed to provide a basis for inferring the nodes that may provide a feasible path. The determined feasible paths are displayed for review, and provided to serve as filters for subsequent path-analysis tools.