System and method to analyze congestion in low latency network

摘要

Intelligent packet analysis may be provided to determine congestion problems and lead to fast solutions in low latency networks. Specifically, a congestion analyzer system may allow a user to monitor congestion on a network while using lightweight storage. A sniffer tool may be employed to capture all packets and store associated packet information into a database.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
capturing a plurality of packets with a sniffer tool; gleaning packet information from each of the plurality of packets; storing gleaned packet information in a packet information database, wherein the packet information database comprises at least a flow table, a congestion table, and a packet table; and analyzing the packet information database to monitor network congestion; wherein the flow table comprises at least one flow record about at least one data flow, wherein the at least one flow record comprises a unique flow identifier value, a flow source address, a flow destination address, a flow source port, and a flow destination port; wherein the congestion table comprises at least one congestion record, wherein the at least one congestion record comprises a unique congestion record identifier value, a congestion start time, and a congestion end time; and wherein the packet table comprises at least one packet record about at least one packet, wherein the at least one packet record comprises the unique flow identifier value, a packet length value, a packet arrival time, and a packet latency value.