Virtual network image system for wireless local area network services
OwnerLu Qian, James M. Cisarinventors
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Abstract
A virtual network image system (VNIS) maintaining virtual counterparts for each of the entities in a real-world, physical wireless local area network (WLAN) to which the VNIS corresponds. The virtual counterparts operate in accordance with a communication protocol that corresponds to that of the WLAN and under the control of a VNIS manager component. The VNIS manager component predicts and optimizes operating configurations associated with the virtual counterparts, based on “what-if” analyses, to provide automation of various services relating to the operation of the physical WLAN.
Claims23
An optimization system for optimizing a wireless network comprising:
- a plurality of virtual entities that correspond to network entities of a wireless network, said virtual entities operating in accordance with an operating configuration, wherein said virtual entities communicate in accordance with a virtual network communication protocol that corresponds to a communication protocol of the network entities;
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- a virtual managing component in communication with said virtual entities, said managing component optimizing said operating configuration based on virtual performance data associated with the operation of said virtual entities.
A method of optimizing the operation of a wireless network comprising:
- representing network entities of a wireless network with corresponding virtual models that communicate in accordance with a virtual network protocol that corresponds to the protocol of the wireless network;
- executing the operation of said virtual models in accordance with a predetermined operating configuration;
- acquiring performance statistics based on the execution of said virtual models and the wireless network;
- comparing said performance statistics of said virtual models with the performance statistics associated with the wireless network;
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- optimizing said operating configuration based on said comparing step.
A method of optimizing the operation of a wireless network comprising:
- representing network entities of a wireless network with corresponding virtual models that communicate in accordance with a virtual network protocol that corresponds to the protocol of the wireless network;
- executing the operation of said virtual models in accordance with a predetermined operating configuration;
- acquiring performance statistics based on the execution of said virtual models;
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- optimizing said operating configuration if said performance statistics do not meet predetermined criteria.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.