US 12,438,783 B2
Network monitoring system and method including software agents
Alessandro Cavallaro Corti, Varese (IT)
Assigned to Nozomi Networks Sagi, Mendrisio (CH)
Filed by Nozomi Networks Sagl, Mendrisio (CH)
Filed on Nov. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/508,414.
Prior Publication US 2025/0158893 A1, May 15, 2025
Int. Cl. G06F 15/173 (2006.01); H04L 41/14 (2022.01); H04L 43/12 (2022.01); H04L 45/74 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 41/145 (2013.01) [H04L 43/12 (2013.01); H04L 45/74 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A network monitoring system comprising:
a communication network comprising a plurality of nodes and a plurality of node connections; wherein each node comprises an asset configured to receive/transmit packets;
a cloud computing service;
a plurality of software agents each installed in at least part of said plurality of nodes; each software agent being configured to redirect packets from a respective asset to said cloud computing service;
wherein said cloud computing service is provided with software resources configured to: receive the packets sent by each software agent;
extract from said packets source addresses and destination addresses;
identify the plurality of nodes and the plurality of node connections from said source and destination addresses and associate each node to a corresponding node identifier;
constructing an abstract model representing said communication network, wherein each node is represented by the corresponding node identifier and each node connection is represented by a corresponding link between respective nodes.