Patent ID: 9300542
Filing Date: 2016-03-29
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method of supportable user based dimensioning, comprising: calculating with a processor a total supportable user level capacity and providing the total supportable user level capacity to a forecaster component, the total supportable user level capacity based at least in part on the current user level, current utilization levels of a plurality of constraints and maximum utilization levels of the plurality of constraints; providing user historical data to the forecaster component; providing rule sets and model specifications for new and/or prospective equipment to the forecaster component; forecasting by the forecaster component at least one future user level based at least in part of the total supportable user level, user historical data, and rule sets and model specifications such that purchasing requirements for the user based dimensioning are based on a forecasted analysis of the future user level; designing with the processor a platform budget based on the purchasing requirements to meet the future user level; and expanding the network resource service including adding sets of hardware, wherein each set has a supportable users metric associated with each respective set which represents an amount the maximum supportable users capacity is expected to increase after each respective set has been added to the network resource service, and wherein the respective sets of hardware configuration and associated number of users is predetermined.