US 8,014,316 B2 · System, method and computer-readable storage medium for calculating addressing and bandwidth requirements of a network

Abstract

Apparatuses, methods and computer-readable storage mediums are provided for calculating estimated addressing and bandwidth requirements of a customer domain, such as to facilitate designing the respective domain. A method includes selecting customer premises equipment (CPE) of a domain including a plurality of CPEs, where each CPE includes one or more devices, and one of the one or more devices include an interface with which the domain communicates with the respective CPE. The method also includes determining if the interface of the selected CPE comprises a router, and calculating an addressing requirement of the selected CPE, where the addressing requirement includes a number of device addresses for the selected CPE. The method may additionally or alternatively include analyzing traffic patterns of the selected CPE with respect to one or more other CPEs, and based on the analysis, calculating a bandwidth requirement of the selected CPE.

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Dependent claims

A computer-implemented method comprising:

selecting, by at least one processor, a customer premises equipment (CPE) of a domain including a plurality of CPEs, each CPE including one or more devices, one of the one or more devices comprising an interface with which the domain communicates with the respective CPE;
determining, by the at least one processor, if the interface of the selected CPE comprises a router;
and
calculating, by the at least one processor, an addressing requirement of the selected CPE, the addressing requirement including a number of device addresses for the selected CPE, wherein calculating an addressing requirement comprises:
setting the addressing requirement as one if the interface comprises a router;
otherwise,
summing a number of switches of the selected CPE and a number of devices of the selected CPE communicatively coupled to the respective switches.

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A computer-readable non-transitory storage medium having computer-readable program code portions stored therein and readable by a processor for at least one of performing or facilitating performance of a method, the method comprising:

selecting a customer premises equipment (CPE) of a domain including a plurality of CPEs, each CPE including one or more devices, one of the one or more devices comprising an interface with which the domain communicates with the respective CPE;
determining if the interface of the selected CPE comprises a router;
and
calculating an addressing requirement of the selected CPE, the addressing requirement including a number of device addresses for the selected CPE, wherein calculating an addressing requirement comprises:
setting the addressing requirement as one if the interface comprises a router;
otherwise,
summing a number of switches of the selected CPE and a number of devices of the selected CPE communicatively coupled to the respective switches,
wherein the computer-readable program code portions are configured to perform at least one of the selecting the CPE, determining if the interface of the selected CPE comprises a router, setting the addressing requirement, or summing a number of switches and a number of devices of the selected CPE communicatively coupled to the respective switches.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

System, method and computer-readable storage medium for calculating addressing and bandwidth requirements of a network

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System, method and computer-readable storage medium for calculating addressing and bandwidth requirements of a network

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