PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15761237
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["709", "224000"]

Abstract:
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for analysing network performance of a network comprising a plurality of network nodes. The method may comprise: obtaining a plurality of probe measurements in respect of a target node, the probe measurements resulting from probe test-messages being sent via different network paths to said target node and relating to a network performance characteristic in respect of the paths taken by the respective probe test-messages and probe response-messages associated therewith and being dependent also on local processing of the respective probe test-messages at said target node; determining respective measures of unexpectedness in respect of the probe measurements; comparing said respective measures of unexpectedness and in dependence on the comparison, assigning a weighting in respect of said target node; and determining a network performance analysis measure in dependence on at least one probe measurement and on the weighting.

Claim (Index 1):
A method of analysing network performance of a network comprising a plurality of network nodes, the method comprising, in respect of at least one target node:\n obtaining a plurality of probe measurements, the probe measurements in respect of said target node including:\n at least one first-path probe measurement resulting from one or more probe test-messages being sent via a first network path from a testing node to said target node and one or more associated probe response-messages triggered by receipt and local processing at said target node of the one or more probe test-message being received from said target node by said testing node; and \n at least one other-path probe measurement resulting from one or more probe test-messages being sent via at least one other network path from a testing node to said target node and one or more associated probe response-messages triggered by receipt and local processing at said target node of the one or more probe test-messages being received from the target node by said testing node; \n the respective probe measurements each relating to one or more network performance characteristics in respect of the network paths taken by the respective probe test-messages and the probe response-messages associated therewith and being dependent also on the local processing of the respective probe test-messages at said target node;\n determining respective measures of unexpectedness in respect of said at least one first-path probe measurement and in respect of said at least one other-path probe measurement, said measures of unexpectedness being determined according to a predetermined function of said respective probe measurements; and \n comparing said respective measures of unexpectedness and in dependence on the comparison, assigning a weighting in respect of said target node; \n and;\n determining a network performance analysis measure according to a predetermined function dependent on at least one probe measurement in respect of at least one target node and on the weighting assigned in respect of said at least one target node.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 24.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.22388
- Patent Class: 709.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15761210', '15761119', '15761271', '14590571', '14352029']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.2823376632465333
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.521826620514181
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.3062865589732981
- Mean Citation Score: 258.317606
- Max Citation Score: 318.5179
- Similarity Product: 313.3777475841641

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 0
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

Dataset: test