Sizing a communication link
AssigneeSprint Communications Company L.P.
InventorsStephen R. Bales, Renee Fleeman
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Abstract
A method of sizing a communication link comprises: determining daily peak callers and daily calling time for plurality of days; determining a sizing factor that represents a slope of a line formed by plotting the daily peak callers against the daily calling time for the plurality of days; determining peak day calling time; multiplying the peak day calling time by the sizing factor to obtain peak day peak callers; determining a bandwidth per caller; multiplying the peak day peak callers by the bandwidth per caller to determine peak day peak bandwidth; and sizing the communication link to support the peak day peak bandwidth.
Claims30
A method of sizing a communication link, the method comprising:
- determining daily peak callers and daily calling time for a plurality of days;
- determining a sizing factor that represents a slope of a line formed by plotting the daily peak callers against the daily calling time for the plurality of days;
- determining a peak day calling time;
- multiplying the peak day calling time by the sizing factor to obtain peak day peak callers;
- determining a bandwidth per caller;
- multiplying the peak day peak callers by the bandwidth per caller to determine a peak day peak bandwidth;
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- sizing the communication link to support the peak day peak bandwidth.
A communication network comprising:
- at least one switching system configured for coupling to a communication link and configured to transfer calling data;
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- a link sizing system configured to receive and process the calling data to determine daily peak callers and daily calling time for a plurality of days, determine a sizing factor that represents a slope of a line formed by plotting the daily peak callers against the daily calling time for the plurality of days, determine a peak day calling time, multiply the peak day calling time by the sizing factor to obtain peak day peak callers, determine a bandwidth per caller, and multiply the peak day peak callers by the bandwidth per caller to determine a peak day peak bandwidth, wherein the communication link is sized to support the peak day peak bandwidth.
A computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon for operating a link sizing system, wherein a communication network comprises at least one switching system configured for coupling to a communication link and configured to transfer calling data to the link sizing system, and wherein the instructions, when executed by the link sizing system, direct the link sizing system to:
- process the calling data to determine daily peak callers and daily calling time for a plurality of days, determine a sizing factor that represents a slope of a line formed by plotting the daily peak callers against the daily calling time for the plurality of days, determine a peak day calling time, multiply the peak day calling time by the sizing factor to obtain peak day peak callers, determine a bandwidth per caller, and multiply the peak day peak callers by the bandwidth per caller to determine a peak day peak bandwidth, wherein the communication link is sized to support the peak day peak bandwidth.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.