Network management and control using collaborative on-line simulation

US7363285B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• RENNSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE · US

Inventors

• Shivkumar Kalyanaraman · Melbourne, AU
• Boleslaw Szymanski · Newtonville, US
• Kenneth Vastola · Schenectady, US
• Ye Tao · Stanford, US
• David Harrison · San Francisco, US
• Bin Mo · Ayer, US
• Biplab Sikdar · Troy, US
• Jingjie Jiang · Lo Wu, CN

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 15, 2000
• Grant date: Apr 22, 2008
• Expiry date: Apr 28, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S707/99932
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A collaborative on-line simulation system and method to provide automated and pro-active control functions for computer network. In a wide area network, clients communicate through one or several nodes (108). Each node (108) contains routers which include control plane (202) and data plane (204). Collaborative on-line simulators (206) are interfaced to the network nodes (108) and continuously monitor the surrounding network conditions, communicate with other simulators and execute collaborative on-line simulation. Based on the simulation results, the on-line simulators (206) continuously tune selected network parameters to a more efficient operation point to fit the current network conditions.