NetScout Systems, Inc.
Flow and time based reassembly of fragmented packets by IP protocol analyzers

Abstract:

A method for processing a plurality of fragments of IP packet flows in a communication network includes receiving the plurality of packet fragments. The received packet fragments are associated with one or more packet flows. A first set of packet flows is selected from the one or more received packet flows. The first set of packet flows corresponds to a subset of the plurality of packet segments received during a first predetermined time interval. Only packet fragments associated with the first set of packet flows are reassembled into full packets.