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Method and apparatus for estimating source-destination traffic in a packet-switched communications network

US6061331A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 28, 1998
Grant dateMay 9, 2000
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Expiry dateJul 28, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04Q2213/13349
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A real-time process estimates the source-destination traffic matrix in a packet-switched communications network. The inputs for the process are a set of aggregate link traffic measurements and a set of source node traffic measurements. The process uses a novel and computationally efficient decomposition method to estimate the traffic matrix. The process also makes uses of Linear Programming (LP) methods to estimate the source-destination traffic matrix.

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