CPC H04L 43/028 (2013.01) [G06F 9/45558 (2013.01); H04L 43/04 (2013.01); H04L 43/10 (2013.01); H04L 47/2483 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45595 (2013.01)] | 21 Claims |
1. A method for performing data traffic monitoring, the method comprising:
for each packet processing stage of a set of packet processing stages in a packet processing pipeline:
determining whether a packet received by the packet processing pipeline specifies a set of monitoring actions to be performed on the packet;
when the packet specifies a set of monitoring action, determining whether the monitoring actions in the set are supported by the packet processing stage; and
executing the supported monitoring actions on the packet in addition to processing the packet according to configuration data for the stage,
wherein at least one particular packet processing stage in the packet processing pipeline supports a particular monitoring action that is not supported by other packet processing stages in the packet processing pipeline.
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