Network capacity planning

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9065730-B2
Application number	US-201414180961-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 14, 2014
Priority date	Jun 29, 2011
Publication date	Jun 23, 2015
Grant date	Jun 23, 2015

Abstract

Systems, methods and interfaces are provided for the modeling of network data capacity for a network corresponding to a set of nodes interconnected via point-to-point network paths. A network capacity processing system obtains demand estimates for the nodes and network paths of the network. The network capacity processing system then identifies a set of failure scenarios for the network nodes and network paths. The network capacity processing system then generates of a set of processing results corresponding to load estimates for the network paths of the network and based on applying the set of failure scenarios to the model of network data capacity. Utilizing data capacity models, failure scenarios and set of processing results, the network capacity processing system can provide for network capacity planning or contingency planning.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for managing network capacity, the method comprising:
determining demand estimates for a communication network, the communication network having a network configuration corresponding to a plurality of network nodes interconnected by network paths;
identifying a set of failure scenarios for the communication network;
for individual failure scenarios of the set of failure scenarios,
modeling the failure scenario for the communication network, the…

Assignees

• Amazon Tech Inc

Inventors

• Craig Joseph L
• Judge Alan M
• Whittaker Colin J

Classifications

• H04L41/0896

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L45/22

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L41/0663 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L45/28 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L47/125

  Electricity · mapped topic