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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2008
Radu Victor Balan, Rockville, MD (US);
Chih-wei Huang, Seattle, WA (US);
Justinian Rosca, West Windsor, NJ (US);
Octavian Sarca, Aurora, CA;
Radu Victor Balan, Rockville, MD (US);
Chih-Wei Huang, Seattle, WA (US);
Justinian Rosca, West Windsor, NJ (US);
Octavian Sarca, Aurora, CA;
Siemens Enterprise Communications GmbH & Co. KG, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A method for measuring degree of packet congestion on a channel of a packet communication network. The method includes: during a training mode, generating an mathematical relationship between the degree of packet congestion on the channel and a plurality of measurable features of the network over a plurality of network conditions; and, during a subsequent normal operating mode, periodically measuring the plurality of measurable features and applying the generated mathematical relationship to such periodically measured plurality of measurable features to determine actual degree of congestion on the channel; and comparing the actual degree of congestion on the channel with a predetermined channel congestion threshold level. The degree of packet congestion on the channel is saturation level. The measurable features include: time delay between transmission starts and terminations of the previously transmitted packet; the fraction of time the channel is busy; and, average number of packet transmission retries.