Patent ID: 9197526
Filing Date: 2015-11-24
Classification: H04B,H04J,H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for evaluating utilization of a mesh network including a plurality of switching devices, comprising: (a) monitoring, on a computing device, utilization of bidirectional links connecting the plurality of switching devices; (b) for both directions of each of the links, determining, on the computing device, a predicted utilization of the link in the direction based on the utilization of the link monitored in (a); for each of a plurality of rings in the mesh network: (c) determining, on the computing device, a clockwise maximum of the predicted utilizations of the links in the ring in the clockwise direction of the ring; (d) determining, on the computing device, a counterclockwise maximum of the predicted utilizations of the links in the ring in the counterclockwise direction of the ring; and (e) determining, on the computing device, a predicted utilization of the ring based on the clockwise maximum and the counterclockwise maximum.