Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for monitoring network devices and identifying packet anomalies are described herein. Anomalies may be identified by receiving packets from a network device at a network monitor, each packet having a first time stamp added by the network device, adding a second time stamp to the packets by the network monitor, comparing the first time stamp and the second time stamp of each packet, and identifying an anomaly associated with a packet in response to a difference metric generated based on the first and second time stamps exceeding a threshold.

Abstract: Methods and systems for dynamically provisioning a network are disclosed. A network may be dynamically provisioned by detecting network congestion due to data on the network, identifying a transmission from a source computer to a destination computer for distinct routing based on at least one packet of the transmission, directing at least one other packet of the identified transmission to be marked for distinct routing, and instructing a router to distinctively route the other marked packets in response to the detection of network congestion. A controller and a monitoring device may be used to implement dynamic network provisioning.