Network Load Balancing via Peering Bit Miles
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Solution Overview
Problem
Large Internet Service Providers face traffic imbalances and asymmetric routing issues when interconnecting networks, leading to unequal bandwidth usage and costs, making high-speed interconnection unattractive due to differing cost burdens and invisible path complexities.
Innovation Solution
The system calculates peering bit miles using enriched network traffic flow data, combining bandwidth and distance measurements to identify and balance network loads across provider networks, ensuring equitable cost sharing and resilient interconnection architectures.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If ISPs interconnect their networks to provide transparent Internet service, then service quality and network visibility improve, but cost burden increases due to asymmetric traffic loads and unequal bandwidth usage
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a feedback mechanism where ISPs exchange traffic flow data and calculate network load indications. Based on this feedback, ISPs can identify imbalances and apply remedies such as adjusting routing policies or compensating the disadvantaged party, thereby resolving the cost burden issue while maintaining network interconnection transparency
Solution Approach 2:
The patent aims to create equipotentiality in network interconnections by ensuring that both ISPs bear equal costs through balanced traffic loads. By calculating network load indications and comparing them, the system identifies imbalances and applies remedies to equalize the cost burden, making both parties处于 equal position in the interconnection relationship
2Adaptability or versatility
If one ISP carries network traffic over greater distance or with asymmetric loads, then network coverage and connectivity improve, but that ISP bears disproportionate costs and bandwidth consumption
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses feedback from exchanged traffic flow data to identify which ISP is bearing disproportionate costs due to greater distance or asymmetric loads. Based on this feedback, remedies are applied to redistribute the cost burden equitably while preserving the network coverage and connectivity benefits
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the parameter of cost allocation by introducing network load indications that factor in both bandwidth usage and distance. This parameter change allows for more equitable cost distribution that reflects the actual contributions and burdens of each ISP, rather than using fixed or asymmetric allocation methods
3Reliability
If ISPs use private point-to-point connections for interconnection, then network security and control improve, but path visibility and load assessment capability deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary mechanism where ISPs exchange traffic flow data and routing information through a standardized protocol. This intermediary communication layer enables path visibility and load assessment without compromising the security and control benefits of private point-to-point connections, as the exchange is limited to necessary operational data
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AI summary
Implementations described and claimed herein provide systems and methods for balancing network loads across distinct provider networks using enriched network traffic flow data. In one implementation, network traffic flow data representative of network traffic exchanged between a first provider network and a second provider network is generated. The network traffic flow data is enriched using at least one enrichment feed. A network load indication for the first provider network is calculated using the enriched network traffic flow data. The network load indication is a function of a bandwidth measurement and a distance measurement.