![]() ![]() IIX NETWORX INC UPDATEThe system of claim 3, wherein the control-plane module is further operable to: provide instructions to the set of agents coupled to the network elements, operable to facilitate multiple different potential paths from the first network through the DIXP, to collect data monitoring the multiple different potential paths through the DIXP and update the database with the data about the multiple different potential paths collected by the set of agents.Ĩ. The system of claim 2, wherein the control-plane module and the set of agents are operable to monitor the different potential paths by continually updating the instructions, collecting the data, and storing the data in the database.ħ. The system of claim 2, wherein at least one potential path for which data is collected is a path through a Distributed Internet Exchange Platform (DIXP) enabling a peering relationship for the traffic passing between the first network at a first geographic location and the second network at a second geographic location remotely located relative to the first geographic location.Ħ. The system of claim 2, further comprising network-topology information in the database defining the network elements and network links connecting the network elements between the first network and the second network from which the different potential paths for the traffic passing between the first network and the second network may be determined, the control-plane module further being operable to determine the different potential paths from the model in the database.ĥ. ![]() The system of claim 2, wherein at least a subset of the set of agents is further operable to collect measurements relevant to hardware health for hardware correlated to the different potential paths for the traffic passing between the first network and the second network.Ĥ. ![]() The system of claim 1, wherein the control-plane module is further operable to correlate the data to different potential paths for the traffic passing between the first network and the second network, the first network pertaining to an Autonomous System (AS) network and the second network pertaining to an AS network.ģ. A system for data collection for potential traffic paths between networks, comprising: a database, on a physical storage medium, operable to maintain data correlated to network elements having a potential to facilitate traffic passing between a first network and a second network, the network elements outside of the first network and the second network a set of agents coupled to the network elements, the set of agents operable to carry out instructions to collect data from the network elements relevant to evaluation of potential paths for the traffic passing between the first network and the second network and a control-plane module coupled to the database and the set of agents, operable to: provision the instructions to the set of agents and store the data received from the set of agents in the database.Ģ. ![]()
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