Solving network traffic congestion using device grouping

US9106560B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9106560-B2
Application numberUS-201213612392-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateSep 12, 2012
Priority dateSep 12, 2012
Publication dateAug 11, 2015
Grant dateAug 11, 2015

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A method, system, and computer program product for solving a network traffic congestion problem are provided in the illustrative embodiments. Using an application executing using a processor and a memory in a data processing system, a congested network route section is selected from a set of congested network route sections. A set of congesting devices is selected, where the set of congesting devices causes congestion in the selected congested network route sections by using the selected congested network route section. A vacancy data structure corresponding to the selected congested network route section is populated. A subset of the set of the congesting devices is selected. The subset of the set of the congesting devices is rerouted to a candidate network route section identified in the vacancy data structure.

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What is claimed is: 1. A computer implemented method for solving a network traffic congestion problem, the method comprising: selecting, using an application executing using a processor and a memory in a data processing system, a congested network route section from a set of congested network route sections; selecting a set of congesting devices, wherein the set of congesting devices causes congestion in the selected congested network route sections by using the selected congest…

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What does patent US9106560B2 cover?
A method, system, and computer program product for solving a network traffic congestion problem are provided in the illustrative embodiments. Using an application executing using a processor and a memory in a data processing system, a congested network route section is selected from a set of congested network route sections. A set of congesting devices is selected, where the set of congesting d…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Alpert Charles Jay, Li Zhuo, Sze Chin Ngai, and 2 more
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification H04L47/125. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Aug 11 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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