System determination apparatus, system determination method and system determination program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11936540-B2
Application number	US-202017793867-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 22, 2020
Priority date	Jan 22, 2020
Publication date	Mar 19, 2024
Grant date	Mar 19, 2024

Abstract

A system determination apparatus includes: a calculation unit configured to calculate a variation coefficient representing a degree of variation of traffic and an average traffic amount corresponding to a plurality of days using traffic data of a network apparatus corresponding to the plurality of days; and a determination unit configured to determine a system of the network apparatus using a density of a data group representing a relationship between the variation coefficient and the average traffic amount corresponding to the plurality of days, and the determination unit determines the network apparatus to be a non-operation system in a case where a density of the data group is equal to or higher than a first threshold and determines the network apparatus to be an operation system in a case where the density of the data group is lower than the first threshold.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A system determination apparatus comprising:
a calculation unit, implemented using one or more computing devices, configured to calculate (i) a variation coefficient representing a degree of variation of traffic and (ii) an average traffic amount corresponding to a plurality of days using traffic data of a network apparatus corresponding to the plurality of days; and
a determination unit, implemented using one or more computing devices, configured to determine a system of the network apparatus using a density of a data group representing a relationship between the variation coefficient and the average traffic amount corresponding to the plurality of days,
wherein the determination unit is configured to determine the system of the network apparatus to be (i) a non-operation system based on the density of the data group being equal to or greater than a first threshold and (ii) an operation system based on the density of the data group being less than the first threshold,
wherein the determination unit is configured to determine that the system of the network apparatus is opposite of a previously determined system based on (i) the density of the data group being equal to or greater than the first threshold, (ii) the average traffic amount being equal to or greater than a second threshold, and (iii) the variation coefficient being equal to or greater than a third threshold and
wherein determining that the system of the network apparatus is the opposite of a previously determined system comprises switching the system of the network apparatus from (i) a previously determined non-operation system to an operation system or (ii) a previously determined operation system to a non-operation system.

2. The system determination apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the determination unit is configured to determine the system of the network apparatus to be the operation system based on (i) the density of the data group being equal to or greater than the first threshold and (ii) the average traffic amount of the data group being equal to or greater than the second threshold.

3. The system determination apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the determination unit is configured to determine the system of the network apparatus to be the non-operation system based on (i) the average traffic amount of the data group being equal to or greater than the second threshold and (ii) the variation coefficient of the data group being less than the third threshold.

4. The system determination apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the calculation unit is configured to calculate a variation coefficient and an average traffic amount of each interface corresponding to the plurality of days using traffic data for each interface of the network apparatus, and
wherein the determination unit is configured to determine a system for the each interface of the network apparatus.

5. A system determination method performed by a system determination apparatus, the system determination method comprising:
calculating (i) a variation coefficient representing a degree of variation of traffic and (ii) an average traffic amount corresponding to a plurality of days using traffic data of a network apparatus corresponding to the plurality of days; and
determining a system of the network apparatus using a density of a data group representing a relationship between the variation coefficient and the average traffic amount corresponding to the plurality of days,
wherein determining the system of the network apparatus includes:
determining the system of the network apparatus to be (i) a non-operation system based on the density of the data group being equal to or greater than a first threshold and (ii) an operation system based on the density of the data group being less than the first threshold, and
determining that the system of the network apparatus is opposite of a previously determined system based on (i) the density of the data group being equal to or greater than the first threshold, (ii) the average traffic amount being equal to or greater than a second threshold, and (iii) the variation coefficient being equal to or greater than a third threshold, and

wherein determining that the system of the network apparatus is the opposite of a previously determined system comprises switching the system of the network apparatus from (i) a previously determined non-operation system to an operation system or (ii) a previously determined operation system to a non-operation system.

6. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon a system determination program causing a computer to execute operations comprising:
calculating (i) a variation coefficient representing a degree of variation of traffic and (ii) an average traffic amount corresponding to a plurality of days using traffic data of a network apparatus corresponding to the plurality of days; and
determining a system of the network apparatus using a density of a data group representing a relationship between the variation coefficient and the average traffic amount corresponding to the plurality of days,
wherein determining the system of the network apparatus includes:
determining the system of the network apparatus to be (i) a non-operation system based on a density of the data group being equal to or greater than a first threshold and (ii) an operation system based on the density of the data group being less than the first threshold, and
determining that the system of the network apparatus is opposite of a previously determined system based on (i) the density of the data group being equal to or greater than the first threshold, (ii) the average traffic amount being equal to or greater than a second threshold, and (iii) the variation coefficient being equal to or greater than a third threshold, and

wherein determining that the system of the network apparatus is the opposite of a previously determined system comprises switching the system of the network apparatus from (i) a previously determined non-operation system to an operation system or (ii) a previously determined operation system to a non-operation system.

7. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 6 , wherein determining the system of the network apparatus includes determining the system of the network apparatus to be the operation system based on (i) the density of the data group being equal to or greater than the first threshold and (ii) the average traffic amount of the data group being equal to or greater than the second threshold.

8. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 7 , wherein determining the system of the network apparatus includes determining the system of the network apparatus to be the non-operation system based on (i) the average traffic amount of the data group being equal to or greater than the second threshold and (ii) the variation coefficient of the data group being less than the third threshold.

9. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 6 , wherein the operations further comprise:
calculating a variation coefficient and an average traffic amount of each interface corresponding to the plurality of days using traffic data for each interface of the network apparatus, and
determining a system for the each interface of the network apparatus.

10. The system determination method according to claim 5 , wherein determining the system of the network apparatus includes determining the system of the network apparatus to be the operation system based on (i) the density of the data group being equal to or greater than the first threshold and (ii) the average traffic amount of the data group being equal to or greater than the

Assignees

• Nippon Telegraph & Telephone

Inventors

• Nakamura Mizuto
• Seki Toshihiko
• Tanji Naoyuki

Classifications

• H04L43/062 Primary

  related to network traffic · CPC title

• H04L43/067

  using time frame reporting · CPC title

• H04L43/16

  Threshold monitoring · CPC title

• H04L12/28

  characterised by path configuration, e.g. LAN [Local Area Networks] or WAN [Wide Area Networks] (wireless communication networks H04W {; arrangements for dividing the transmission path H04W40/00}) · CPC title

• H04L47/00

  Traffic control in data switching networks (arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received H04L1/00) · CPC title