Methods, apparatuses and systems directed to an automatic network traffic
discovery and classification mechanism that includes dynamically adjusted
traffic discovery thresholds. In one implementation, the dynamic
discovery thresholds are adjusted based on analysis of one or more
operational parameters associated with network traffic discovery, and/or
network traffic characteristics. The present invention in one
implementation can be configured to dynamically adjust one or more
thresholds or range limits that affect the behavior of the automatic
traffic classification mechanism, such as the rate at which new traffic
classes are added to a traffic classification database. One
implementation of the present invention minimizes the user intervention
often required with the use of static traffic discovery thresholds.