System and method for predictive network congestion control

• Main Authors: KLEIN, MARC-OLIVER, LANDSCHEIDT, DENNIS
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 12.03.2014
• Subjects: ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION

A system comprising a network interface, a data analysis engine and a recommendation engine is provided, wherein the network interface is configured to receive network traffic data of a location in a network, the network traffic data indicative of a current level of use of the network in the location. The data analysis engine is configured to predict a future level of use at the location of the network using the received network traffic data and using past network traffic data for the location of the network. The recommendation engine is configured to generate a recommendation concerning changes in policies of the network using the predicted future level of use at the location of the network, wherein the recommendation engine is adapted to transmit the recommendation to a network policy management server of the network. The network policy management server may be adapted to change the policies of the network in response to receiving the recommendation.