Network Test Connection Throughput Optimization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current data transmission performance tests in networks, especially high-speed mobile networks, consume excessive bandwidth and resources, leading to adverse impacts on network performance and user bandwidth due to high data traffic and continuous data flow.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that establish a permanent test data connection combined with additional temporal test connections following a predefined pattern, allowing for higher data throughput while maintaining a constant bitrate limit, thereby reducing network load and enabling seamless repetition of tests without overloading the network.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If continuous data flow testing is used to observe network performance over longer periods, then measurement precision is improved, but network resource consumption increases excessively
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements periodic action by using a packet generator to create test data packets at controlled intervals rather than continuous transmission. The system transmits packets during specific time windows and remains idle otherwise, allowing performance measurement over extended periods without sustaining constant high bandwidth usage. This periodic transmission pattern resolves the contradiction by enabling long-duration observations while maintaining acceptable network resource consumption levels.
2Productivity
If high data throughput testing is conducted to achieve better performance results, then productivity is improved, but network load increases causing adverse effects on user bandwidth
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies segmentation by dividing the test data stream into discrete packets with controlled sizes and intervals. Instead of transmitting continuous high-volume data, the system segments transmission into manageable units that can be carefully controlled for size, frequency, and timing. This segmentation allows the system to achieve meaningful throughput measurements while preventing excessive network load that would harm user bandwidth availability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements partial action by transmitting test packets at reduced rates compared to full-capacity transmission. The packet generator sends data at controlled intervals rather than maximizing throughput continuously, achieving sufficient measurement accuracy without imposing excessive load on the network. This partial action approach allows productivity improvement through testing while avoiding the harmful effects of excessive network utilization.
3Device complexity
If sequential upload and download testing is performed to simplify test structure, then device complexity is reduced, but measurement precision is limited compared to parallel testing
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies continuity of useful action by maintaining an always-active packet generator that continuously monitors and measures network performance. Rather than performing discrete sequential test phases, the system maintains continuous measurement capability, ensuring that both upload and download performance are constantly assessed. This continuous action approach preserves measurement precision while keeping the test structure relatively simple through centralized packet generation and monitoring.
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AI summary
An approach for testing performance of a data transmission between a first node and a second node of a data communications network is provided. A permanent test connection is established between the first node and the second node. One or more additional test connections are established, as a temporal connections, between the first node and the second node, according to a predefined time duration test pattern, in parallel with the permanent test connection, in order to achieve an increased accumulated data throughput over the permanent and temporal test connections.