Enhanced network congestion application programming interface
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorRobert C. Streijl
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Abstract
Reception of network load data is disclosed. For instance, the network load data can provide indication of a utilization level extant in a wireless cellular network. The systems and methods, as a function of the utilization level, determine a congestion metric that indicates a level of congestion determined to have been experienced by a communication packet using the wireless cellular network device. Further, the disclosed systems and methods schedules transmission of communication packets to an end user device via the wireless cellular network device, as a function of the determined congestion metric.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- based on a first delay experienced by a first communication packet sent by network equipment comprising a processor, determining, by the network equipment, a predictive indicator of a second delay that is expected to be experienced by a second communication packet sent by the network equipment, wherein the determining comprises determining the predictive indicator based on a statistical function related to a distribution of a cluster of the first delay and the second delay around an estimator, wherein the estimator is associated with a determined level of congestion;
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- facilitating, by the network equipment, a transmission of streaming content to a user equipment based on the predictive indicator, wherein the facilitating comprises scheduling the transmission of the streaming content based on avoidance of the second delay.
A system, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
- determining a throughput indicator based on a statistical function of a cluster of a first delay and a second delay around an estimator;
- and
- transmitting streaming content to a user equipment based on the throughput indicator, wherein the transmitting comprises scheduling the streaming content based on mitigation of the second delay on the streaming content, wherein the first delay and the second delay are respective delays experienced by a communication packet sent to network equipment.
A non-transitory machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
- determining a predictive throughput indicator based on a statistical function associated with a distribution of a cluster of a first delay and a second delay around an estimator, wherein the first delay and the second delay are respective delays experienced by a communication packet;
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- scheduling a transmission of streaming content to a device via first network equipment or via second network equipment based on the predictive throughput indicator, wherein the scheduling is based on mitigation of a third delay during the transmission of the streaming content.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.