VSS Monitoring adds GPS timing to distributed traffic capture systems

VSS Monitoring has incorporated GPS timing in its range of distributed traffic capture systems, giving a measure of time that is more precise than the network time protocol method. With the same absolute time throughout the network, operations in geographically diverse locations remain in synchronisation.

Distributed Taps with GPS indicates the time a packet arrives at each traffic capture device and allows network managers to exactly measure latency throughout their monitoring system, from point of capture at the network link to each monitoring tool.

In addition to ensuring synchronisation of operations and optimising trade execution, a highly precise measurement of time allows users to gauge real-world latency of traffic grooming operations across a distributed network. Grooming can include filtering, packet slicing and session-aware load balancing of the signal sent to the monitoring infrastructure.