PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15761271
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["709", "224000"]

Abstract:
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for analysing performance of a network. The method may comprise: obtaining first and second probe measurements resulting respectively from a test-message being sent from a first node and having a second node as the target thereof, and from a test-message being sent from the second node and having the first node as the target thereof, associated probe response-messages triggered by receipt and local processing of the test-messages at the target nodes thereof being sent back to the senders of the test-messages, the measurements relating to a network performance characteristic in respect of the paths taken by the test-messages and response-messages, and being dependent also on the local processing of the test-messages at the respective target nodes; comparing the measurements, assigning a weighting in respect of at least one of the nodes dependent on the comparison; and determining a network performance analysis measure according to a function dependent on at least one of the probe measurements 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:\n obtaining a plurality of probe measurements, the probe measurements including:\n at least a first probe measurement resulting from one or more probe test-messages being sent from a first node and having a second node as a target node thereof, said probe test-messages being sent via a network path to said second node and one or more associated probe response-messages triggered by receipt and local processing at said second node of the one or more probe test-messages being received via a network path from the second node by the first node; and \n at least a second probe measurement resulting from one or more probe test-messages being sent from the second node and having the first node as a target node thereof, said probe test-messages being sent via a network path to said first node and one or more associated probe response-messages triggered by receipt and local processing at said first node of the one or more probe test-messages being received via a network path from the first node by the second 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 the respective target nodes;\n comparing at least one first probe measurement with at least one second probe measurement, and in dependence on the comparison, assigning a weighting in respect of at least one of said first and second nodes; \n determining a network performance analysis measure according to a predetermined function dependent on at least one of said probe measurements and in dependence on the weighting assigned in respect of said at least one node.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.48571
- Patent Class: 709.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15761210', '15761237', '15761119', '14352029', '11001149']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.2949107330785333
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5034019214914872
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.3157598519198287
- Mean Citation Score: 247.051128
- Max Citation Score: 302.5902
- Similarity Product: 260.01013694822785

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

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