Patent ID: 9515936
Filing Date: 2016-12-06
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method to identify a network load imbalance between interconnected provider networks, the method comprising: establishing a virtual network representative of at least a first provider network, the virtual network with at least one interconnection point where network traffic is exchanged between the first provider network and a second provider network, the virtual network with at least one provider edge port where the first provider network connects to a third party network, the virtual network with at least one potential interconnection point where the first provider network is configurable to exchange traffic with the second provider network; obtaining a measurement of a bandwidth of network traffic between the at least one provider edge port and the at least one interconnection point; assigning either the at least one potential interconnection point or an interconnection point of the first provider network to the at least one provider edge port; obtaining a measurement of a distance between the at least one interconnection point and the assigned interconnection point, the assigned interconnection point being the closest in geographical distance to the at least one provider edge port of either the at least one potential interconnection point or the interconnection point; obtaining a network load indication for the first provider network as a function of the bandwidth measurement and the distance measurement; and detecting a network load balance between the network load indication and a network load indication of the second provider network.