Introduction

Telecom Core Network Monitoring with Link-Capture™ Software

Platform
Napatech SmartNIC
Content Type
Application Note
Capture Software Version
Link™ Capture Software 12.11

Napatech SmartNICs with Link-Capture™ Software accelerate processing telecom network data for analyzing subscriber behavior in the telecom core network.

In this document

This document describes how to configure Napatech SmartNICs with Link-Capture™ Software for telecom network monitoring. This document includes descriptions of:
  • Distributing tunneled traffic over network TAP or SPAN port to multiple CPU cores.
  • Data sharing of control-plane traffic in multiple threads for mapping the corresponding user-plane traffic.
  • Delivering IP fragments to a dedicated stream.
Note: The configuration examples are written in NTPL (Napatech programming language). See NTPL or DN-0449 for detailed description of the NTPL syntax.