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Estimating endpoint performance in unified communication systems

US8503318B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 30, 2010
Grant dateAug 6, 2013
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Expiry dateAug 3, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L41/046
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Performance of endpoints, client devices and servers within a communication system, is determined by collecting call quality data from each endpoint by a quality monitoring server/application. Call quality data includes predefined metrics based on network and end device characteristics during each call. Calls include voice, video, and data exchanges. Collected metric values are then aggregated according to a formula for consistency and scaled based on factors such as traffic volume. Resulting performance values are used to order the endpoints such that those with degraded quality and prioritized based on factors like traffic volume can be attended to first.

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