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US 8,711,726 B2Granted
Method and device for reliable estimation of network traffic
AssigneeThomson Licensing
InventorsOlivier Courtay, Olivier Heen
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AssigneeThomson Licensing
InventorsOlivier Courtay, Olivier Heen
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A network, advantageously a home network, comprises a number of user devices, for example personal computers, game consoles and smartphones, each having an estimator application, preferably voluntarily installed by the user. The network further comprises a network device that acts as an interface between the network and an external network. The estimator applications measure the network traffic for its user device, while the network device in parallel generates an independent measurement of the network consumption. The measurements are then compared. If the difference between the sum of the measurements from the estimator applications and the measurement of the network device is below a fixed threshold, it is assumed that the measurements are valid for the considered measurement time interval. Otherwise, the difference is an indication that at least one estimation was incorrect.
A method of estimating traffic consumption during a period of time of a first network comprising an interface device connecting the first network to an external network and at least one user device having an application configured to measure traffic consumption of the at least one user device during the period of time, wherein the measured traffic involves a device in the external network, the method comprising the steps, in the device, of:
An interface device for estimating traffic consumption during a period of time of a first network comprising at least one user device having an application configured to measure traffic consumption of the at least one user device during the period of time, the interface device connecting the first network to an external network, wherein the measured traffic involves a device in the external network, the device comprising a processor configured to:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.