diff --git a/LocalSettings.php b/LocalSettings.php
index 2a1bd3085c7843910eb98bb4bf46b0588179a4d6..f3d1bd90bf8b416b8db8ffaf4806bdbcf6baff78 100755
--- a/LocalSettings.php
+++ b/LocalSettings.php
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ $wgInvalidateCacheOnLocalSettingsChange=0;
 
 ##added by alzayat -- 28/03/2017
 $wgSMEEnabled = 1;
+$wgSMEStats = 1;
 $wgSMEProfiling = 0;
 $wgSMEEnforcement = 1;
 $wgSMEDebug=0;
diff --git a/sme_extn/sme_helper.php b/sme_extn/sme_helper.php
index 043bbcf417bff6cc25bb30021a39ec2d70fe1923..34c753a67382a013da82289fb208eafea4b84dcd 100644
--- a/sme_extn/sme_helper.php
+++ b/sme_extn/sme_helper.php
@@ -696,6 +696,7 @@ function sendBackendProfileToKernel($pubhash, $privhash, $mysqli)
   global $wgSMEDebug;
   global $wgSMEDummyIP, $wgSMEDummyPort;
   global $SME_KERNEL_ENFORCEMENT_TIMESTAMP;
+  global $wgSMEStats;
 
   if (isset($wgSMEDummyIP))
     $dummy_server_ip = $wgSMEDummyIP;
@@ -709,9 +710,23 @@ function sendBackendProfileToKernel($pubhash, $privhash, $mysqli)
 
   get_local_ip_port($server_ip, $server_port);
   get_remote_ip_port($client_ip, $client_port);
+  
+  if (isset($wgSMEStats) && $wgSMEStats){
+    $time_start = microtime(true);
+  }
 
   identify_backend_connection($local_backend_ip, $local_backend_port,
     $remote_backend_ip, $remote_backend_port);
+
+  if (isset($wgSMEStats) && $wgSMEStats){
+    $time_end = microtime(true);
+    $time = $time_end - $time_start;
+    file_put_contents("/local/sme/stats_5_tuple.txt",
+      "Time required for fetching the 5 tuple is: $time (seconds)\n",
+      LOCK_EX|FILE_APPEND);
+
+  }
+
   /*
   file_put_contents("/local/sme/besock.txt",
     "src: $client_ip $client_port, in: $server_ip $server_port" .
@@ -720,11 +735,6 @@ function sendBackendProfileToKernel($pubhash, $privhash, $mysqli)
    */
   
 
-  // Wait for ACK to the FE-Client marker on the frontend kernel,
-  // before sending the FE-BE marker
-  if (isset($wgSMEDebug) && $wgSMEDebug == 0) {
-    waitForKernelACK($SME_MARKER_SOCK, $dummy_server_ip, $dummy_server_port);
-  }
 
   $num_pub = count($pubhash);
   $num_priv = count($privhash);
@@ -739,6 +749,12 @@ function sendBackendProfileToKernel($pubhash, $privhash, $mysqli)
   /*
   $sock = socket_create(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, SOL_UDP);
    */
+  
+  // Wait for ACK to the FE-Client marker on the frontend kernel,
+  // before sending the FE-BE marker
+  if (isset($wgSMEDebug) && $wgSMEDebug == 0) {
+    waitForKernelACK($SME_MARKER_SOCK, $dummy_server_ip, $dummy_server_port);
+  }
 
   // Send FE-BE profile marker to kernel
   $ret = socket_sendto($SME_MARKER_SOCK, $pbuf_FE_BE, $plen_FE_BE, 0,
@@ -771,15 +787,28 @@ function sendBackendProfileToKernel($pubhash, $privhash, $mysqli)
 function waitForKernelACK($sock, $dummy_server_ip, $dummy_server_port){
   global $SME_KERNEL_ENFORCEMENT_TIMESTAMP;
   global $wgSMEDebug;
-
+  global $wgSMEStats;
   if ($sock == -1) {
     file_put_contents("/local/sme/msg_sent_to_kernel.txt", "sock: $sock\n",
       FILE_APPEND | LOCK_EX);
     return;
   }
 
+  if (isset($wgSMEStats) && $wgSMEStats){
+    $time_start = microtime(true);
+  }
+  
   $ret = socket_recvfrom($sock, $ackbuf, 8, 0,
     $dummy_server_ip, $dummy_server_port);
+  
+  if (isset($wgSMEStats) && $wgSMEStats){
+    $time_end = microtime(true);
+    $time = $time_end - $time_start;
+    file_put_contents("/local/sme/stats_marker_sync.txt",
+      "Marker sync additional delay: $time\n",
+      LOCK_EX|FILE_APPEND);
+  }
+
 
   $SME_KERNEL_ENFORCEMENT_TIMESTAMP = int_helper::uInt64($ackbuf);