Network assessment and short-term planning procedure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9237104-B2
Application number	US-201313870352-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 25, 2013
Priority date	Dec 23, 2005
Publication date	Jan 12, 2016
Grant date	Jan 12, 2016

Abstract

A method for relieving network node congestion includes determining an average of an aggregated load on a network node that routes network traffic, projecting a demand on the network node based on extrapolating the average of the aggregated load to a future period, determining a current level of congestion on the network node, and projecting a future level of congestion on the network node based on the projected demand and the current level of congestion. An available capacity of other network nodes in a portion of the communication network that includes the network node is determined, as well as whether the projected future level of congestion on the network node can be relieved using the determined available capacity of the other network nodes.

First claim

What is claimed:

1. A method for relieving network node congestion, comprising:
determining, using a processor of a tangible computer, an average of an aggregated load on a network node that routes network traffic, using historical data of the network node for a past period of time;
projecting a future demand on the network node by extrapolating the average of the aggregated load to a future period of time greater than one month;
determining a current level of congestion on th…

Assignees

• At & T Ip I Lp

Inventors

• Zolfaghari Ali
• Bouamalay Christine E
• Molina Miguel T
• Savoor Raghvendra G
• Sowell Stephen S
• Crawford Ronald D

Classifications

• H04L47/127 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L41/145 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L41/0823

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L41/5009

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L41/22

  Electricity · mapped topic