Diagnostic traffic generation for automatic testing and troubleshooting

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11032126-B2
Application number	US-201916594325-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 7, 2019
Priority date	May 2, 2017
Publication date	Jun 8, 2021
Grant date	Jun 8, 2021

Abstract

A framework in a cloud network that may allow for debugging at multiple vantage points at different layers (e.g., layer 2, layer 3, etc.). The methods may provide tracer or measurement services that filter, capture, or forward flows that may include packets, calls, or protocols to look for particular signatures.

First claim

What is claimed:

1. An apparatus comprising:
a processor; and
a memory coupled with the processor, the memory comprising executable instructions stored thereon that when executed by the processor cause the processor to effectuate operations comprising:
detecting an occurrence of an event;
based on the detected occurrence of the event, activating a virtual machine, wherein the activating the virtual machine comprises providing instructions to configure a virtual machine already instantiated on one or more devices;
monitoring network traffic for the one or more devices, wherein the network traffic comprises test traffic and normal traffic;
separating the test traffic and the normal traffic; and
based on the separated test traffic and the activated virtual machine, determining a health of a system.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor effectuates further operations comprising displaying a possible configuration at issue.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the virtual machine is configured to generate one or more types of test traffic.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the virtual machine is configured to process data as if the virtual machine is a particular type of device or application.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor effectuates further operations comprising displaying an indication of the health of the system.

6. A method comprising:
detecting, by a device, an occurrence of an event;
based on the detected occurrence of the event, activating, by the device, a virtual machine, wherein the activating the virtual machine comprises providing instructions to configure a virtual machine already instantiated on one or more devices;
monitoring, by the device, network traffic for the one or more devices, wherein the network traffic comprises test traffic and normal traffic;
separating, by the device, the test traffic and the normal traffic; and
based on the separated test traffic and the activated virtual machine, determining, by the device, a health of a system.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising displaying an indication of the health of the system.

8. A system comprising:
one or more processors; and
memory coupled with the one or more processors, the memory comprising executable instructions stored thereon that when executed by the processor cause the one or more processors to effectuate operations comprising:
detecting an occurrence of an event;
based on the detected occurrence of the event, activating a virtual machine, wherein the activating the virtual machine comprises providing instructions to configure a virtual machine already instantiated on one or more devices;
monitoring network traffic for the one or more devices, wherein the network traffic comprises test traffic and normal traffic;
separating the test traffic and the normal traffic; and
based on the separated test traffic and the activated virtual machine, determining a health of a first system.

9. The system of claim 8 , the operations further comprising displaying an indication of the health of the system.

Assignees

• At & T Ip I Lp

Inventors

• Kim Byoung-Jo
• Xu Yang
• Anwer Muhammad Bilal

Classifications

• H04L41/12

  Discovery or management of network topologies · CPC title

• H04L43/20

  the monitoring system or the monitored elements being virtualised, abstracted or software-defined entities, e.g. SDN or NFV · CPC title

• H04L41/40

  using virtualisation of network functions or resources, e.g. SDN or NFV entities · CPC title

• H04L41/0681

  Configuration of triggering conditions · CPC title

• H04L43/0888

  Throughput · CPC title