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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2011
Benjamin J. Parker, Vacaville, CA (US);
Chris S. Neisinger, Danville, CA (US);
Benjamin J. Parker, Vacaville, CA (US);
Chris S. Neisinger, Danville, CA (US);
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A system, associated with a service provider network, is configured to monitor traffic, that is traveling to or from the service provider network, to obtain traffic metrics that correspond to a collection of network layers, where the network layers; process the traffic metrics with respect to each of the network layers to identify an anomaly, associated with the traffic, that corresponds to at least one of the network layers; send a request for packets associated with the traffic based on the identification of the anomaly; receive copies of the packets associated with the traffic; analyze the copies of the packets to obtain information associated with the anomaly; and send a notification that indicates that the anomaly has been identified, where the notification includes the traffic metrics associated with the traffic or the information associated with the anomaly.