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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2015
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Robert M. Batz, Raleigh, NC (US);
Walter G. Dixon, Fuquay Varina, NC (US);
Robert A. Mackie, Cary, NC (US);
Mark Albert, Cary, NC (US);
Chris O'Rourke, San Jose, CA (US);
Humberto M. Tavares, Cary, NC (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving one or more packets of a communication session from one or more interfaces, such that the interface is a subscriber interface or a network interface. The method further includes associating the communication session to an end user with a source Internet Protocol (IP) address of the packet if the packet is received from the subscriber interface or to an end user with a destination IP address of the packet if the packet is received from the network interface.