Method and system for generating an upgrade recommendation for a communication network

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer readable program code, which when executed by a computer processor enables the computer processor to perform a method for generating an upgrade recommendation for a communication network (CN), the method comprising:

• at a first point-in-time:
• monitoring network traffic over the CN to periodically obtain a dataset, wherein the monitoring is performed, in part, to determine unusual network activity occurring on the CN and network availability of the CN, wherein a network service provider (NSP) is notified in response to the determination of the unusual network activity on the CN and the network availability of the CN;
• and
• storing the dataset in storage;
• at a second point-in-time that is after the first point-in-time:
• receiving a CN upgrade recommendation request from a user, wherein, upon receiving the CN upgrade recommendation request, the dataset is obtained from the storage, wherein the CN upgrade recommendation request specifies a second CN that the user wants to upgrade;
• analyzing the dataset to generate a request category, wherein the dataset comprises at least a request, a response to the request, and a corresponding response time for the request, wherein the request and the response are communicated over the CN, wherein the dataset is analyzed using a k-nearest neighbor (KNN) statistical classification model to generate the request category, wherein, to generate the request category, the KNN model uses at least a type of the request, a type of the response, a type of a request service, the corresponding response time, a size of the request, and a size of the response specified in the dataset;
• generating a network slice corresponding to the request category, wherein the network slice is configured to emulate the network traffic over the CN on the second CN;
• executing an emulation using the network slice and the request to generate an emulated response time for the request;
• comparing the emulated response time against the corresponding response time;
• determining, based on the comparison, a response time variation for the request;
• generating the upgrade recommendation based on the response time variation;
• and
• sending the upgrade recommendation to the user, wherein, in response to receiving the recommendation, the user sends a migration request to the NSP to initiate a transition from the CN to the second CN.

A system for generating an upgrade recommendation for a communication network (CN), the system comprising:

• a processor comprising circuitry;
• memory comprising instructions, which when executed perform a method, the method comprising:
• at a first point-in-time:
• monitoring network traffic over the CN to periodically obtain a dataset, wherein the monitoring is performed, in part, to determine unusual network activity occurring on the CN and network availability of the CN, wherein a network service provider (NSP) is notified in response to the determination of the unusual network activity on the CN and the network availability of the CN;
• and
• storing the dataset in storage;
• at a second point-in-time that is after the first point-in-time:
• receiving a CN upgrade recommendation request from a user, wherein, upon receiving the CN upgrade recommendation request, the dataset is obtained from the storage, wherein the CN upgrade recommendation request specifies a second CN that the user wants to upgrade;
• analyzing the dataset to generate a request category, wherein the dataset comprises at least a request, a response to the request, and a corresponding response time for the request, wherein the request and the response are communicated over the CN, wherein the dataset is analyzed using a k-nearest neighbor (KNN) statistical classification model to generate the request category, wherein, to generate the request category, the KNN model uses at least a type of the request, a type of the response, a type of a request service, the corresponding response time, a size of the request, and a size of the response specified in the dataset;
• generating a network slice corresponding to the request category, wherein the network slice is configured to emulate the network traffic over the CN on the second CN;
• executing an emulation using the network slice and the request to generate an emulated response time for the request;
• comparing the emulated response time against the corresponding response time;
• determining, based on the comparison, a response time variation for the request;
• generating the upgrade recommendation based on the response time variation;
• and
• sending the upgrade recommendation to the user, wherein, in response to receiving the recommendation, the user sends a migration request to the NSP to initiate a transition from the CN to the second CN.