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Determining feasibility of a network service using a ring analysis

  • US 9,197,526 B2
  • Filed: 02/26/2014
  • Issued: 11/24/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/24/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method for evaluating utilization of a mesh network including a plurality of switching devices, comprising:

  • (a) monitoring, on a computing device, utilization of bidirectional links connecting the plurality of switching devices;

    (b) for both directions of each of the links, determining, on the computing device, a predicted utilization of the link in the direction based on the utilization of the link monitored in (a);

    for each of a plurality of rings in the mesh network;

    (c) determining, on the computing device, a clockwise maximum of the predicted utilizations of the links in the ring in the clockwise direction of the ring;

    (d) determining, on the computing device, a counterclockwise maximum of the predicted utilizations of the links in the ring in the counterclockwise direction of the ring; and

    (e) determining, on the computing device, a predicted utilization of the ring based on the clockwise maximum and the counterclockwise maximum.

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