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AVC uses a number of technologies and consists of four functional components: 

 

The Cisco AVC solution uses multiple technologies to recognize, analyze, and control more than 1000 applications 

including voice and video, email, file sharing, gaming, peer-to-peer (P2P), and cloud-based applications. 

Cisco AVC has the following functional components: 

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Application Recognition: With Cisco AVC, Cisco ASR 1000, ISR G2, and Cisco Wireless Controllers can 
identify more than 1000 applications within the traffic flow using NBAR2, Cisco’s innovative deep packet 

inspection (DPI) technology. In order to address the evolvin

g nature of applications, NBAR2’s application 

signature can be updated through Protocol Pack while the router is in service. 

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Performance Collection and Exporting: Cisco AVC uses an embedded monitoring agent to collect 

application response time (ART) metrics such as transaction time and latency for TCP applications, and 

packet loss and jitter for voice and video applications. These metrics are aggregated and exported using 

standard flow export formats such as NetFlow Version 9 and IPFIX. 

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Management Tool: With open flow export formats such as NetFlow Version 9 and IPFIX, Cisco Prime 

Infrastructure and other third-party network management tools can consume data exported by AVC. This 

gives customers flexibility to use the Cisco management tool or to use the management tool of their choice. 

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Control: By utilizing common DPI technology, NBAR2, these routers can reprioritize critical applications or 
enforce application bandwidth use using Cisco’s industry-leading quality of service (QoS) capabilities. In 

addition, intelligent application path selection based on real-time performance is provided through Cisco 

Performance Routing (PfR).