公开(公告)号：US20170195132A1

公开(公告)日：2017-07-06

申请号：US14985120

申请日：2015-12-30

Applicant: IIX, Inc.

Inventor： Al Burgio ,  Thomas Brian Madej ,  Joseph Blake Gillman ,  William B. Norton

IPC: H04L12/46 ,  H04L12/751 ,  H04L12/26

CPC classification number: H04L12/46 ,  H04L41/0213 ,  H04L41/046 ,  H04L41/12 ,  H04L43/0817 ,  H04L45/02

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for collecting data on traffic paths between networks over an intermediate set of network elements, which may include a Distributed Internet Exchange Platform (DIXP) enabling a peering relationship between the two networks. A set of agents may be coupled with different network elements in the intermediate set from which they may collect data with which the traffic paths may be assessed, monitored, and/or evaluated. The set of agents may report the data to a control-plane module, which may store the data in a centralized database. Additionally, the control-plane module may be operable to generate and/or provision instructions to the agents to control the collection of data and/or the monitoring of traffic paths. The database may include network-topology information from which the control-plane module may identify the traffic paths between the two networks and to which the data may be correlated.