METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WHOLE-NETWORK ANOMALY DIAGNOSIS AND METHOD TO DETECT AND CLASSIFY NETWORK ANOMALIES USING TRAFFIC FEATURE DISTRIBUTIONS

摘要

The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for detecting, monitoring, or analyzing an unusual network event or a network anomaly in a communication network and the business of so doing for the benefit of others. Embodiments of the present invention can detect, monitor, or analyze the network anomaly by applying many statistical and mathematical methods. Embodiments of the present invention include both methods and apparatus to detect, monitor, or analyze the network anomaly. These include classification and localization.