Method and system for implementing a network analysis tool for endpoints deployments

• US 8,811,177 B1
• Filed: 05/15/2012
• Issued: 08/19/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/03/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. (JP Morgan Chase & Co)
• Original Assignee: JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. (JP Morgan Chase & Co)
• Inventors: Toudeh-Fallah, Farzam, Mize, Eric Kenneth, Delamatre, Timothy J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Nawaz, Asad
• Assistant Examiner(s): HARLEY, JASON A
• Application Number:
  US13/471,811
• Time in Patent Office: 826 Days
• US Class Current: 370/235
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 17/309 Measuring or estimating channel quality parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0896 Bandwidth or capacity management, i.e. automatically increasing or decreasing capacities flow or congestion control using dynamic resource allocation, e.g. in-call renegotiation, H04L47/76
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5019 Ensuring fulfilment of SLA
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0882 Utilisation of link capacity
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/16 Threshold monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/24 Traffic characterised by specific attributes, e.g. priority or QoS
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/2408 for supporting different services, e.g. a differentiated services [DiffServ] type of service
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management

Abstract

According to an embodiment of the present invention, an automated computer implemented method and system for network analysis for endpoint deployment comprises determining whether a Quality of Service (“QoS”) analysis based on a QoS allocation data meets a first predetermined threshold for the location; if the QoS analysis does not meet the first predetermined threshold, calculating a minimum required bandwidth and increasing link capacity to at least the minimum required bandwidth or modifying an operation mode; determining whether a bandwidth analysis meets a second predetermined threshold for the location; if the bandwidth analysis does not meet the second predetermined threshold, calculating a minimum required bandwidth and increasing link capacity to at least the minimum required bandwidth; and providing analysis results to a user interface.

Claims

1. An automated computer implemented method for network analysis for endpoint deployment, wherein the method is executed by a programmed computer processor which communicates with a user via a network, the method comprising the steps of:

receiving, via a user interface, current device count configuration, current bandwidth utilization data; and

planned device count configuration for a site location wherein the current device count configuration comprises a combination of current telepresence room devices, conference room devices and desktop devices and wherein the planned device count configuration comprises another combination of planned telepresence room devices, conference room devices and desktop devices;

accessing Quality of Service allocation data;

determining, via a computer processor, whether a Quality of Service analysis based on the Quality of Service allocation data meets a first predetermined threshold for the location;

if the Quality of Service analysis does not meet the first predetermined threshold, calculating a first minimum required bandwidth for meeting the first predetermined threshold and increasing link capacity to at least the first minimum required bandwidth or modifying an operation mode;

determining, via a computer processor, whether a bandwidth analysis meets a second predetermined threshold for the location;

if the bandwidth analysis does not meet the second predetermined threshold, calculating a second minimum required bandwidth for meeting the second predetermined threshold and increasing link capacity to at least the second minimum required bandwidth; and

providing, via a user interface, analysis results comprising the minimum required capacity for each link for a plurality of links at the location, codec operation modes and a proximity of the projected total link utilization to a designated link utilization threshold level for the deployment.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of:

accessing concurrency factor data wherein the concurrency factor data is used in the Quality of Service and bandwidth analyses.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein current bandwidth utilization data comprises data relating to video, VoIP and other data.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the bandwidth analysis performs an analysis based on link inbound bandwidth utilization mean, link inbound bandwidth utilization standard deviation, link outbound bandwidth utilization mean, link outbound bandwidth utilization standard deviation.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of:

accessing privileges and priorities associated with a plurality of users wherein the privileges and priorities are considered in one or more of;

the Quality of Service analysis and bandwidth analysis.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of:

integrating a meeting scheduling tool.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of:

providing a warning message when a critical threshold is reached.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the analysis information provided via the user interface comprises proximity of the projected total link utilization to a designated link utilization threshold level.

9. An automated computer implemented system for network analysis for endpoint deployment, wherein the system comprises

a user input configured to receive current device count configuration, current bandwidth utilization data;

and planned device count configuration for a site location wherein the current device count configuration comprises a combination of current telepresence room devices, conference room devices and desktop devices and wherein the planned device count configuration comprises another combination of planned telepresence room devices, conference room devices and desktop devices;

a processor configured to access Quality of Service allocation data;

a QoS module configured to determine whether a Quality of Service analysis based on the Quality of Service allocation data meets a first predetermined threshold for the location;

if the Quality of Service analysis does not meet the first predetermined threshold, calculating a first minimum required bandwidth for meeting the first predetermined threshold and increasing link capacity to at least the first minimum required bandwidth or modifying an operation mode;

a bandwidth analysis module configured to determine whether a bandwidth analysis meets a second predetermined threshold for the location;

if the bandwidth analysis does not meet the second predetermined threshold, calculating a second minimum required bandwidth for meeting the second predetermined threshold and increasing link capacity to at least the second minimum required bandwidth; and

a user interface configured to provide analysis results comprising the minimum required capacity for each link for a plurality of links at the location, codec operation modes and a proximity of the projected total link utilization to a designated link utilization threshold level for the deployment.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the processor is further configured to access concurrency factor data wherein the concurrency factor data is used in the Quality of Service and bandwidth analyses.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein current bandwidth utilization data comprises data relating to video, VoIP and other data.

12. The system of claim 9, wherein the bandwidth analysis performs an analysis based on link inbound bandwidth utilization mean, link inbound bandwidth utilization standard deviation, link outbound bandwidth utilization mean, link outbound bandwidth utilization standard deviation.

13. The system of claim 9, wherein the processor is further configured to access privileges and priorities associated with a plurality of users wherein the privileges and priorities are considered in one or more of:

the Quality of Service analysis and bandwidth analysis.

14. The system of claim 9, further comprising a meeting scheduling tool.

15. The system of claim 9, wherein the user interface is further configured to provide a warning message when a critical threshold is reached.

16. The system of claim 9, wherein the analysis information provided via the user interface comprises proximity of the projected total link utilization to a designated link utilization threshold level.