Method and apparatus for correlating end to end measurements through control plane monitoring of wireless traffic

摘要

A method, computer readable medium and apparatus for correlating measures of wireless traffic are disclosed. For example, the method obtains the wireless traffic, and processes the wireless traffic by a plurality of probe servers, where each of the plurality of probe servers generates a plurality of feeds, wherein the plurality of feeds comprises a data feed and a control feed. The method correlates the plurality of feeds from the plurality of probe servers, where the data feed and the control feed of each of the plurality of probe servers are correlated with at least one other probe server of the plurality of probe servers to provide a correlated control plane and a correlated data plane, and extracts at least partial path information of a flow from the correlated control plane. The method then correlates performance information from the correlated data plane for the flow.

主权项

1. A method for correlating performance information, comprising:
correlating, by an aggregator server of a plurality of aggregator servers, a plurality of feeds associated with wireless traffic and received from each one of a plurality of probe servers, wherein the plurality of feeds comprises a data feed and a control feed, wherein the data feed and the control feed of a first probe server of the plurality of probe servers are correlated with the data feed and the control feed of a second probe server of the plurality of probe servers to provide a correlated result comprising a correlated control plane and a correlated data plane; extracting, by the aggregator server, at least partial path information of a flow from the correlated control plane; filling in, by the aggregator server, any missing path information of the flow using external topology information; and correlating, by the aggregator server, the performance information from the correlated data plane for the flow.