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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2012
Wei Dong, Richardson, TX (US);
Robert Todd Wilkinson, Plano, TX (US);
Wei Dong, Richardson, TX (US);
Robert Todd Wilkinson, Plano, TX (US);
Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for the adaptive monitoring of telecommunications networks are described. In some embodiments, a method may include monitoring traffic transmitted through a mobile telecommunications network (e.g., 3G, 4G, LTE, etc.) and identifying a monitoring rule. The monitoring rule may associate a selected portion of the traffic (e.g., based on content type, source, destination, transport protocol, session, etc.) with a monitoring sampling ratio, and the monitoring sampling ratio may determine a fraction of the selected portion of the traffic usable to provide one or more performance indicators (e.g., service indicators, network congestion, connection maintenance, service quality, and/or network availability). The method may further include modifying the monitoring sampling ratio in response to a change in network monitoring conditions (e.g., one or more probes operating at or near capacity, scheduled maintenance events, peak traffic times, etc.)