US 12,010,007 B1
Detecting noisy agents in network monitoring
Ronan James Wallace, Dublin (IE)
Assigned to Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US)
Filed by Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US)
Filed on Mar. 16, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/203,376.
Int. Cl. G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 43/0852 (2022.01); H04L 43/12 (2022.01); H04L 43/16 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 43/16 (2013.01) [H04L 43/0852 (2013.01); H04L 43/12 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
14. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed, cause a computing system to perform a method comprising:
receiving test probe data in a network in a centralized controller to calculate latency data associated with the test probe data, wherein the test probe data is received from agents executing in host server computers and associated with transmitting test probes through the network devices in a network;
dividing the latency data into groups based upon characteristics of the network components through which the test probes traveled, wherein a first of the groups is based upon a distance that the test probes traveled in the network;
determining whether an agent is faulty by determining that the latency data derived from whether the agent exceeds a predetermined baseline by greater than a threshold amount in multiple of the groups; and
ensuring that the latency data is not used when the latency data is received from the agent that is faulty.