System and methods for wireless fidelity (WIFI) venue utilization monitoring and management
First Claim
1. A computer readable medium containing a set of instructions operative to cause a computer to execute a method, the method comprising:
- polling a network monitoring device that at least periodically receives data transfer information between at least one WIFI venue and a communications network;
determining a peak data transfer level between the at least one venue and the network from information received by polling the network monitoring device;
receiving a transfer capacity level relating for the at least one WIFI venue; and
determining from the received capacity level and the determined peak data transfer level a utilization level of the at least one venue.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method of monitoring and managing utilization levels of a wireless fidelity (WIFI) network. An inventory is obtained relating to the WIFI venues, including information on IP (Internet Protocol) and SNMP (Simple Network Monitoring Protocol) addresses of WIFI venues, associated circuitry, network equipment, capacity bandwidth, etc. Network Monitoring Devices (NMDs) having data transfer rates between and the network WIFI venues are polled. Polling is typically performed over a predetermined time period (such as the previous 24 hours) and the peak traffic levels over one or more network elements is determined. Utilization levels are determined by comparing the peak traffic levels to bandwidths at the venue. Utilization levels are also tracked over a period of time. Deviations in utilization levels that indicate network congestion may be tracked in order to determine the cause of a network congestion.
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20 Claims
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1. A computer readable medium containing a set of instructions operative to cause a computer to execute a method, the method comprising:
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polling a network monitoring device that at least periodically receives data transfer information between at least one WIFI venue and a communications network;
determining a peak data transfer level between the at least one venue and the network from information received by polling the network monitoring device;
receiving a transfer capacity level relating for the at least one WIFI venue; and
determining from the received capacity level and the determined peak data transfer level a utilization level of the at least one venue. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 15)
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8. A method of determining a utilization level of at least one Wireless Fidelity (WIFI) venue in a data communication network comprising:
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receiving data transfer information relating to the at least one venue;
determining a peak data transfer level between the at least one venue and the network from the received data transfer information;
receiving a data transfer capacity level relating to the at least one venue; and
determining from the received capacity level and the determined peak data transfer level the utilization level of the at least one venue. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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16. A system comprising:
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a server having a processor;
a data base structure accessible to the processor that contains data transfer rates between a plurality of WIFI venues and a communication network;
a data base structure accessible to the processor that includes an inventory file for each venue in the plurality of venues, each said inventory file including a data transfer capacity between each venue in the plurality of venues and the communication network;
a computer readable medium accessible to the processor; and
a computer program embedded in the computer readable medium, the computer program comprising;
instructions to receive data transfer rates between the venues in the plurality of venues and the communication network;
instructions to receive capacity level for each venue in the plurality of venues; and
determining a utilization from the data transfer rates and the capacity for each venue in the plurality of venues. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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