Using IPDR to transfer network management and measurement information

Due to recent boom of network applications, access to network usage data has earned tremendous attention. As traditional usage exporting mechanisms become inadequate to support current needs, the Internet Protocol Detail Records(IPDR) stands as an outstanding solution in transferring general network management and measurement information. This paper briefly describes IPDR in terms of high-level model and information content. To incarnate the use of IPDR as an exporting mechanism of network usage data, advanced service definitions are subsequently introduced as part of Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification (DOCSIS). It further highlights the comparison between IPDR and Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) and explains why IPDR produces better performance. Last but not least, an exporter application is demonstrated as an implementation of IPDR streaming protocol. This application is developed by Active Broadband Networks based on Junos-SDK (Juniper Operating System-Software Development Kit), which can be applied to transferring interface statistics as well as Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) records.