Network speed detection

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11088931-B2
Application number	US-202016858791-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 27, 2020
Priority date	Mar 30, 2015
Publication date	Aug 10, 2021
Grant date	Aug 10, 2021

Abstract

Disclosed are various examples for facilitating network speed testing on behalf of a client device that is in communication with a management service. A network testing profile can be obtained which specifies a network testing schedule for execution of a network test with a network testing endpoint. The client device can generate a test result associated with the network testing schedule based upon an exchange of at least one test packet with the network testing endpoint. In an instance in which it is determined that a network speed between the client device and the network testing endpoint fails to meet a threshold, an amount of network bandwidth usage by the client device can be reduced.

First claim

Therefore, the following is claimed:

1. A method, comprising:
obtaining, by a client device, a network testing profile generated by a management service, the network testing profile comprising a network testing schedule for execution of a network test;
generating, by the client device, a test result associated with the network testing schedule based upon an exchange, by the client device, of at least one test packet with a network testing endpoint; and
reducing an amount of network bandwidth usage by disabling a capability of the client device in an instance in which it is determined that a network speed between the client device and the network testing endpoint fails to meet a threshold.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising transmitting, by the client device, the test result to the management service.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein generating the test result comprises obtaining the network speed of the exchange of the at least one test packet with the network testing endpoint.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising obtaining, by the client device, a compliance rule comprising a second threshold associated with a speed of a network connection of the client device.

5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising determining, by the client device, that the network speed between the client device and the network testing endpoint fails to meet the second threshold.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising executing, by the client device, the network test in an instance in which a roaming state of the client device has changed.

7. A system, comprising:
a client device; and
an application executable by the client device, wherein when executed the application causes the client device to at least:
obtain a network testing profile generated by a management service, the network testing profile comprising a network testing schedule for execution of a network test;
generate a test result associated with the network testing schedule based upon an exchange, by the client device, of at least one test packet with a network testing endpoint; and
reduce an amount of network bandwidth usage by disabling a capability of the client device in an instance in which it is determined that a network speed between the client device and the network testing endpoint fails to meet a threshold.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein, when executed the application is further configured to cause the client device to transmit the test result to the management service.

9. The system of claim 7 , wherein, when executed, the client device generates the test result based at least in part on the application being further configured to cause the client device to obtain the network speed of the exchange of the at least one test packet with the network testing endpoint.

10. The system of claim 7 , wherein, when executed the application is further configured to cause the client device to obtain a compliance rule comprising a second threshold associated with a speed of a network connection of the client device.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein, when executed the application is further configured to cause the client device to determine that the network speed between the client device and the network testing endpoint fails to meet the second threshold.

12. The system of claim 10 , wherein, when executed the application is further configured to cause the client device to execute the network test in an instance in which a roaming state of the client device has changed.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable medium embodying a program executable by a client device, wherein the program, when executed causes the client device to at least:
obtain a network testing profile generated by a management service, the network testing profile comprising a network testing schedule for execution of a network test;
generate a test result associated with the network testing schedule based upon an exchange, by the client device, of at least one test packet with a network testing endpoint; and
reduce an amount of network bandwidth usage by disabling a capability of the client device in an instance in which it is determined that a network speed between the client device and the network testing endpoint fails to meet a threshold.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the program further causes the client device to transmit the test result to the management service.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the client device generates the test result based at least in part on the program further causing the client device to obtain the network speed of the exchange of the at least one test packet with the network testing endpoint.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the program further causes the client device to execute the network test in an instance in which a roaming state of the client device has changed.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the program further causes the client device to obtain a compliance rule comprising a second threshold associated with a speed of a network connection of the client device.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the network testing endpoint comprises a computing device.

19. The method of claim 1 , wherein the network testing endpoint comprises a computing device.

20. The system of claim 7 , wherein the network testing endpoint comprises a computing device.

Assignees

• Airwatch Llc

Inventors

• Tse Kar Fai
• Stuntebeck Erich Peter
• Lu Chen

Classifications

• H04L43/08

  Monitoring or testing based on specific metrics, e.g. QoS, energy consumption or environmental parameters · CPC title

• H04L67/52

  specially adapted for the location of the user terminal · CPC title

• H04L43/50

  Testing arrangements · CPC title

• H04L43/0888 Primary

  Throughput · CPC title

• H04L43/103

  with adaptive polling, i.e. dynamically adapting the polling rate · CPC title