Dynamic traffic control

Abstract

Dynamic Traffic Control (DTC) aims at balancing network capacity demand and supply at a finer grain to minimize capacity buffer always comfortably meeting the demand trends. Resiliency of DTC enables handling traffic management of network regions that have gone thru equipment replacement, or upgrades, or service expansions. DTC should be a fully automated close-loop control process in managing regional traffic without human intervention but reporting benefits measuring improvements from a baseline. In one embodiment, a method of providing dynamic traffic control includes forecasting, using a model, network traffic build up over a region ahead of time; and adjusting network capacity to match a forecasted demand from the model, allowing a precise control of capacity and demand closely matched all times. In another embodiment a system for dynamic traffic control includes a traffic predictor; a controller in communication with the traffic predictor; a Key Performance Indicator (KPI) collector in communication with the traffic predictor; a region manager in communication with the traffic predictor and the controller; a model manager in communication with the traffic predictor and the controller; an action recommender in communication with the controller; and wherein the system forecasts network buildup over a region ahead of time and recommends network capacity adjustments.