# US 12,009,975 B2 · Method and system for generating an upgrade recommendation for a communication network > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,009,975 B2 - Document ID: US12009975B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/871,596 - Filed: 2022-07-22 - Published: 2024-01-25 - Granted: 2024-06-11 - Earliest claimed: 2022-07-22 - Assignees: Dell Products L.P. - Applicants: Dell Products L.P. - Inventors: Parminder Singh Sethi; Lakshmi Saroja Nalam; Shelesh Chopra - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12009975B2 ## CPC - H04L 41/082: the condition being updates or upgrades of network functionality - H04L 41/40: using virtualisation of network functions or resources, e.g. SDN or NFV entities - H04L 41/0883: {Semiautomatic configuration, e.g. proposals from system} - H04L 41/0895: Configuration of virtualised networks or elements, e.g. virtualised network function or OpenFlow elements - H04L 41/145: {involving simulating, designing, planning or modelling of a network} - H04L 43/08: Monitoring or testing based on specific metrics, e.g. QoS, energy consumption or environmental parameters - H04L 43/14: {using software, i.e. software packages (network security related monitoring H04L63/1408)} - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract A method for generating an upgrade recommendation for a communication network includes: analyzing a dataset to generate a request category, in which the dataset comprises at least a request, a response to the request, and a corresponding response time, in which the request and the response are communicated over the communication network; generating a network slice corresponding to the request category; 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; and generating the upgrade recommendation based on the response time variation. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: initiating the transition from the CN to the second CN in response to the upgrade recommendation. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the request category is a low bandwidth request. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the request category is a high bandwidth request. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the network slice is a low bandwidth network slice. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the network slice is a high bandwidth network slice. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the request is issued by a client device; wherein the response is issued by a server; wherein the client device and the server communicate over the CN; wherein the upgrade recommendation specifies that the client device should communicate with the server using the second CN. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, wherein the second CN has a higher bandwidth than the CN. ### Claim 9 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. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9, further comprising: initiating the transition from the CN to the second CN in response to the upgrade recommendation. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9, wherein the request category is a low bandwidth request. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9, wherein the request category is a high bandwidth request. ### Claim 13 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. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The system of claim 13, wherein the network slice is a low bandwidth network slice. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The system of claim 13, wherein the network slice is a high bandwidth network slice. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The system of claim 13, wherein the request is issued by a client device; wherein the response is issued by a server; wherein the client device and the server communicate over the CN; wherein the upgrade recommendation specifies that the client device should communicate with the server using the second CN.