Patent ID: 9515910
Filing Date: 2016-12-06
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: generating network traffic flow data representative of network traffic exchanged between a first provider network and a second provider network; enriching the network traffic flow data using at least one enrichment feed; calculating a network load indication for the first provider network using the enriched network traffic flow data, the network load indication being a function of a bandwidth measurement and a distance measurement, wherein the bandwidth measurement is based on a percentage of sampled bandwidth usage, and wherein the first provider network includes at least one provider edge port where the first provider network connects to a third party network and at least one interconnection point where the network traffic is exchanged between the first provider network and the second provider network, the bandwidth measurement being based on a measurement of a bandwidth between the at least one provider edge port and the at least one interconnection point and the distance measurement being based on a measurement of a distance between the at least one provider edge port and a geographically closest point.