Patent ID: 7814206
Filing Date: 2010-10-12
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for generating a network reconfiguration by forecasting network platform utilization, the method comprising: an input/output (I/O) device obtaining historical utilization data associated with a network platform; a computer processor, in executing computer-readable instructions stored on a computer-readable media, determining a projected natural change in demand based upon the historical utilization data of the network platform; the I/O device obtaining pending network reconfiguration data associated with the network platform; the I/O device obtaining data relating to anticipated externally-caused change in demand for the network platform; the computer processor, in executing the computer-readable instructions, forecasting future utilization of the network platform based upon the projected natural change in demand, the pending network reconfiguration data, and the externally-caused change in demand; the computer processor, in executing the computer-readable instructions, generating the recommended network reconfiguration based upon the forecasted network platform utilization, including identifying an effective date of a network platform resource, wherein the effective date is the date from which the network platform resource will be available to satisfy the forecasted network platform utilization; the computer processor, in executing the computer-readable instructions, repeating the step of determining the projected natural change in demand, the forecasting step, and the generating step if a user changes the input data after the processor has begun any of the step of determining the projected natural change in demand, the forecasting step, and the generating step; the computer processor, in executing the computer-readable instructions, determining whether utilization parameters for the network platform are exceeded; the computer processor, in executing the computer-readable instructions, determining whether a reconfiguration override is present; and the computer processor, in executing the computer-readable instructions, recommending the generated network reconfiguration if utilization parameters for the network platform are exceeded and the reconfiguration override is not present.