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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2015
Filed:
May. 16, 2013
Applicant:
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Inventor:
Donald E. Smith, Lexington, MA (US);
Assignee:
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/00 (2013.01); H04B 10/077 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/0775 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method may include determining a total data demand distribution for a plurality of subscribers associated with a link between a gateway router (GWR) and an optical line terminal (OLT) in a network. The method also includes identifying a maximum link capacity of the link between the GWR and the OLT. The method further includes identifying a speed tier for which a speed test is to be executed, and determining a speed test throughput distribution based on the speed tier, the total data demand distribution and the maximum link capacity in an identified time interval.