Network traffic measurement system

摘要

A measurement system is provided. In that measurement system, an active measurement device and passive measurement devices can cooperate to perform flexible measurement. The measurement system comprises passive measurement devices, each of which receives packets flowing through a network and performs measurement according to a measurement rule; an active measurement device that sends a request for a measurement to a content providing server according to a measurement rule, and acquires information relating to contents as measurement objects based on a response to said request for a measurement; and an analysis device that derives characteristics relating to provision of the contents, by performing calculation according to an analysis rule, with said calculation using measurement results corresponding to the information acquired by said active measurement device among measurement results of said passive measurement devices.