System for estimating download speed from passive measurements
US9270565B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 11, 2013 |
| Grant date | Feb 23, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 13, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L43/026
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system for passive estimation of throughput in an electronic network is disclosed. The system may include an plurality of mobile devices configured to operate in the network and may further include an electronic data processor. The processor may be configured to access flow records for data flows associated with the mobile devices during a predetermined time interval. Additionally, the processor may be configured to annotate the flow records with an application field and a content provider field. The processor may also be configured to determine a flow type of each data flow based on the application field and the content provider field of the flow records. Furthermore, the processor may be configured to generate a throughput index that only includes non-rate-limited flow types. Moreover, the processor may be configured to estimate maximum throughput for each data flow having non-rate-limited flow types in the throughput index.
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