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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2015
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Kei Takeshita, Musashino, JP;
Hiroshi Yamamoto, Musashino, JP;
Kazumichi Sato, Musashino, JP;
Taichi Kawano, Musashino, JP;
NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Abstract
A communication speed estimation apparatus configured: to generate communication log information representing history of communication executed by a user, and store the communication log information in a communication history information storage unit; to calculate, based on the stored communication log information, throughput result information for each of a server, a network, and a user terminal that were used for the communication for each time slot, and store the calculated throughput result information in a quality information storage unit; and, when the user performs new communication, in advance, to read out corresponding throughput result information from the quality information storage unit based on at least one of a terminal, a server, and a network that the user intends to use, and a time slot including a time when the user intends to perform communication, and to estimate a communication speed in the new communication based on the read-out throughput result information.