# US 2021/0243100 A1 · Traffic estimation apparatus, traffic estimation method and program > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2021/0243100 A1 - Document ID: US20210243100A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/049,683 - Filed: 2019-03-28 - Published: 2021-08-05 - Earliest claimed: 2018-04-24 - Assignees: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation - Applicants: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation - Inventors: Keisuke Ishibashi; Shigeaki Harada; Ryoichi Kawahara - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210243100A1 ## CPC - H04L 41/142: using statistical or mathematical methods - H04L 43/0876: Network utilisation, e.g. volume of load or congestion level - H04L 43/16: Threshold monitoring - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract A first time series of traffic volume and a first time series of communication quality that are observed in a first communication line in which traffic demand is equal to or greater than a line bandwidth and a second time series of traffic volume and a second time series of communication quality that are observed in a second communication line in which traffic demand is less than a line bandwidth are input to a state space model to estimate values of a parameter group of the state space model, the traffic demand is calculated based on the values of the parameter group, and the state space model is a state space model in which the first time series of traffic volume and the second time series of traffic volume are generated from a third time series indicating cyclicity of traffic common to the first communication line and the second communication line under influence of the first time series of communication quality and the second time series of communication quality on the traffic demand, thereby supporting appropriate band design of an overload line in which traffic demand is equal to or greater than a line bandwidth. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A traffic estimation device comprising: an estimation unit, including one or more processors, that inputs, to a state space model, a first time series of traffic volume and a first time series of communication quality that are observed in a first communication line in which traffic demand is equal to or greater than a line bandwidth and a second time series of traffic volume and a second time series of communication quality that are observed in a second communication line in which traffic demand is less than a line bandwidth to estimate values of a parameter group of the state space model; and a calculation unit, including one or more processors, that calculates the traffic demand based on the values of the parameter group, wherein the state space model is a state space model in which the first time series of traffic volume and the second time series of traffic volume are generated from a third time series indicating cyclicity of traffic common to the first communication line and the second communication line under influence of the first time series of communication quality and the second time series of communication quality on the traffic demand. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The traffic estimation device according to claim 1, wherein the parameter group includes a parameter indicating magnitude of the influence. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The traffic estimation device according to claim 1, wherein a time series obtained by taking a k-th order difference (an integer of k≥1) of the third time series follows a normal distribution with a mean of 0. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The traffic estimation device according to claim 1, wherein: the influence is modeled by a regression model with the first time series of communication quality and the second time series of communication quality as an explanatory variable, and with differences between the first time series of traffic volume and the second time series of traffic volume and the third time series as an objective variable. ### Claim 5 A traffic estimation method executed by a computer, the traffic estimation method comprising: an estimation step of inputting, to a state space model, a first time series of traffic volume and a first time series of communication quality that are observed in a first communication line in which traffic demand is equal to or greater than a line bandwidth and a second time series of traffic volume and a second time series of communication quality that are observed in a second communication line in which traffic demand is less than a line bandwidth to estimate values of a parameter group of the state space model; and a calculation step of calculating the traffic demand based on the values of the parameter group, and wherein the state space model is a state space model in which the first time series of traffic volume and the second time series of traffic volume are generated from a third time series indicating cyclicity of traffic common to the first communication line and the second communication line under influence of the first time series of communication quality and the second time series of communication quality on the traffic demand. ### Claim 6 A non-transitory computer readable medium storing one or more instructions causing a computer to execute: an estimation step of inputting, to a state space model, a first time series of traffic volume and a first time series of communication quality that are observed in a first communication line in which traffic demand is equal to or greater than a line bandwidth and a second time series of traffic volume and a second time series of communication quality that are observed in a second communication line in which traffic demand is less than a line bandwidth to estimate values of a parameter group of the state space model; and a calculation step of calculating the traffic demand based on the values of the parameter group, and wherein the state space model is a state space model in which the first time series of traffic volume and the second time series of traffic volume are generated from a third time series indicating cyclicity of traffic common to the first communication line and the second communication line under influence of the first time series of communication quality and the second time series of communication quality on the traffic demand. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The traffic estimation method according to claim 5, wherein the parameter group includes a parameter indicating magnitude of the influence. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The traffic estimation method according to claim 5, wherein a time series obtained by taking a k-th order difference (an integer of k≥1) of the third time series follows a normal distribution with a mean of 0. ### Claim 9 (depends on 5) The traffic estimation method according to claim 5, wherein: the influence is modeled by a regression model with the first time series of communication quality and the second time series of communication quality as an explanatory variable, and with differences between the first time series of traffic volume and the second time series of traffic volume and the third time series as an objective variable. ### Claim 10 (depends on 6) The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 6, wherein the parameter group includes a parameter indicating magnitude of the influence. ### Claim 11 (depends on 6) The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 6, wherein a time series obtained by taking a k-th order difference (an integer of k≥1) of the third time series follows a normal distribution with a mean of 0. ### Claim 12 (depends on 6) The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 6, wherein: the influence is modeled by a regression model with the first time series of communication quality and the second time series of communication quality as an explanatory variable, and with differences between the first time series of traffic volume and the second time series of traffic volume and the third time series as an objective variable.