Interactive bandwidth modeling and node estimation
AssigneeGeneral Instrument Corporation
InventorsCurtiss Smith, Brent Patterson, Steve Nikola
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Abstract
An interactive bandwidth modeling tool allows a user to estimate the bandwidth requirements in a network for a period of time of interest which may be a plurality of years. The user enters network plant parameters which are used to estimate the bandwidth requirements of the network for a variety of types of signals, including upstream and downstream signals. The estimated bandwidth requirements are displayed on a display in either a graphical form or a histogram form. The user may select to display one or more of the plant parameters simultaneously with the display of the bandwidth requirements.
Claims21
An apparatus for modeling bandwidth of a network comprising:
- a processor configured to receive network parameters from a user and to estimate bandwidth usage based on the network parameters;
- a display configured to display the estimated bandwidth usage simultaneously with selected parameters,
- wherein the processor instructs the display to display network parameters selected by the user at the same time as displaying the estimated bandwidth usage and to display the estimated bandwidth in a manner selected by the user.
A method of modeling bandwidth of a network comprising the steps of:
- receiving network parameters;
- calculating bandwidth requirements of the network;
- estimating bandwidth requirements of the network for a time period of interest;
- and
- displaying the estimated bandwidth requirements simultaneously with selected network parameters,
- wherein the network parameters displayed are selected by the user to be displayed at the same time as displaying the estimated bandwidth usage and the estimated bandwidth is displayed in a manner selected by the user.
A computer readable medium carrying instructions for a computer to model bandwidth of a network, the instructions instructing the computer to perform a method comprising the step of:
- receiving network parameters;
- calculating bandwidth requirements of the network;
- estimating bandwidth requirements of the network for a time period of interest;
- and
- displaying the estimated bandwidth requirements simultaneously with selected network parameters,
- wherein the network parameters displayed are selected by the user to be displayed at the same time as displaying the estimated bandwidth usage and the estimated bandwidth is displayed in a manner selected by the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.