PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16059398
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["370", "255000"]

Abstract:
Improved network optimization and scaling are provided by combining optimization of traffic engineering and network topologies. Sets of minimal link capacities are determined based on the constraints of network topology, network demand, and failure modes. The optimization problem is reframed to allow for simultaneous optimization across all failure modes, reducing or eliminating overprovisioning in link capacity allocation by utilizing convex optimization solvers and techniques.

Claim (Index 15):
A method for network optimization and automatic network scaling in a network using global optimization across topology design and traffic engineering for the network, the method comprising:\n obtaining network traffic demand for the network; obtaining a set of failure scenarios for the network; obtaining a set of network topologies for the network; for each network topology of the set of network topologies, generating a corresponding set of optimized minimal link capacities by analyzing the network using an optimization technique constrained by the network traffic demand, the set of failure scenarios, and the network topology; based on one or more predetermined optimality criteria, identifying and selecting a particular set of optimized minimal link capacities from a plurality of sets of optimized minimal link capacities including each corresponding set of optimized minimal link capacities; creating an updated network by updating the network based on the particular set of minimal link capacities; identifying an updated network traffic demand for the updated network; identifying an updated set of failure scenarios for the updated network; identifying an updated set of network topologies for the updated network; and when one or more predetermined criteria occur, iteratively optimizing the updated network by:\n for each updated network topology of the updated set of network topologies, generating a corresponding updated set of optimized minimal link capacities by analyzing the updated network using the optimization technique constrained by the updated network traffic demand, the updated set of failure scenarios, and the updated network topology; \n based on the one or more predetermined optimality criteria, identifying and selecting an updated particular set of optimized minimal link capacities from an updated plurality of sets of optimized minimal link capacities including each corresponding updated set of optimized minimal link capacities; \n creating an iteratively updated network by updating the updated network based on the updated particular set of minimal link capacities; \n identifying an iteratively updated network traffic demand for the iteratively updated network; \n identifying an iteratively updated set of failure scenarios for the iteratively updated network; and \n identifying an iteratively updated set of network topologies for the iteratively updated network.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 17.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.42857
- Patent Class: 370.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['10061426', '11772143', '12787411', '11717876', '15345049']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.4849107878331943
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4845577514427173
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.4848754841941466
- Mean Citation Score: 188.617462
- Max Citation Score: 198.27464
- Similarity Product: 149.50680919778347

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

Dataset: test