Method for providing congestion information in a network
AssigneeNEC Corporation
InventorsAndreas Maeder, Faqir Zarrar Yousaf
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Abstract
A method for providing congestion information in a network is performed in a memory available to a computing entity. A traffic demand is obtained within a certain part of the network by evaluating an amount of traffic in the part of the network per time. A congestion value representing a congestion level of a bottleneck connection link in the network is calculated. The congestion value is a scalar and calculated based on a comparison between measured and/or estimated traffic and traffic demand within a certain part of said network.
Claims19
A method for providing congestion information in a network, performed in a memory available to a computing entity, the method comprising:
- obtaining a traffic bandwidth demand within a certain part of the network by evaluating an amount of traffic in the certain part of the network per time and for a certain type of service of a plurality of different types of services operating on the network;
- measuring actual traffic throughput within the certain part of the network;
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- calculating a congestion value representing a congestion level of a bottleneck connection link in the network, wherein the congestion value is a scalar and calculated based on a comparison between the measured actual traffic throughput and the traffic bandwidth demand within the certain part of said network.
A system for providing congestion information in a network, the system comprising a computer including one or more processors, which alone or in combination, are configured to provide for execution of the following steps:
- obtaining a traffic bandwidth demand within a certain part of the network by evaluating an amount of traffic in the certain part of the network per time and for a certain type of service of a plurality of different types of services operating on the network;
- measuring actual traffic throughput within the certain part of the network;
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- calculating a congestion value representing a congestion level of a bottleneck connection link in the network, wherein the congestion value is calculated based on a comparison between the measured actual traffic throughput and the traffic bandwidth demand within the certain part of said network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.