Systems and methods for simulating network path behaviors

A method for configuring a network path simulator, comprising:

• receiving a collection of packet traces for a plurality of communications between a set of senders and a corresponding set of receivers;
• estimating a cross-traffic load based on sampled behavior data between one or more senders from the set of senders and one or more corresponding receivers from the corresponding set of receivers;
• generating a network path machine learning model that simulates network behavior parameters affecting communications between a given sender and a given receiver based on trace information derived from the collection of packet traces for the plurality of communications and the cross-traffic load;
• and
• generating an estimated output for a packet time series sent from a sender to a receiver via a network path utilizing the network path machine learning model.

A system, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• memory in electronic communication with the one or more processors;
• and
• instructions stored in the memory, the instructions being executable by the one or more processors to:
• identify a sender and a receiver within a communication network, the sender being associated with a first set of attributes and the receiver being associated with a second set of attributes;
• receive one or more network behavior parameters for a network path between the sender and the receiver, the one or more network behavior parameters including an estimated cross-traffic load associated with sampled behavior data from additional senders and corresponding receivers within the communication network;
• generate a simulated communication network utilizing a network path simulator by providing a simulator configuration based on the estimated cross-traffic load to the network path simulator;
• and
• generate an estimated output for a packet time series via the network path between the sender and the receiver by utilizing the network path simulator having the modified simulator configuration and the packet time series.