Telephony Traffic Control Module for Congestion Reduction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Network congestion in telephony systems often results in queueing delay, packet loss, and blocking of new connections due to excessive data, leading to reduced network throughput, necessitating solutions to manage and mitigate these effects.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that includes a traffic control module to analyze telephony connection requests, determine their validity and potential impact on network congestion, and decide whether to forward, deny, or redirect requests to reduce congestion by identifying and addressing autodialers, invalid numbers, and other sources of excessive traffic.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If telephony connection requests are forwarded to intended recipients, then network throughput increases, but network congestion worsens due to queueing delay and packet loss
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary analysis of connection requests before forwarding them to the network. The traffic control module examines addressing information, determines status characteristics, and predicts potential unsuccessful connections in advance, blocking problematic requests before they consume network resources and cause congestion
2Productivity
If all connection requests are processed, then network utilization is maximized, but system resource expenditure increases due to overhead from unsuccessful connections
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts and removes unsuccessful connection requests from the network traffic stream before they can consume system resources. The traffic control module identifies and blocks requests with poor addressing information or status characteristics that indicate they would fail, preventing wasteful expenditure of network and system resources on注定失败的connections
3Reliability
If connection requests are blocked to reduce congestion, then network performance improves, but network throughput decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies selective blocking rather than uniform blocking across all connection requests. The traffic control module analyzes individual requests and applies different actions (block or forward) based on their specific characteristics, preserving throughput for valid requests while blocking only those that would cause congestion or failures
4Measurement precision
If traffic analysis is performed on all connection requests, then accuracy of congestion reduction improves, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements self-service mechanisms where the network infrastructure automatically performs traffic analysis and congestion management without requiring complex external control systems. The traffic control module uses automated analysis of addressing information and status characteristics to make routing decisions, reducing the need for manual intervention and simplifying overall system complexity
Data Source
AI summary
A system, method and non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions that when read by a processor perform receiving a telephony connection request at a location in a telephony network, the location separated from an intended recipient of the telephony connection request by a target telephony network, determining addressing information regarding the intended recipient, the addressing information including at least routing information or a phone number, determining a status characteristic of the intended recipient based on the addressing information, based on the status characteristic, and determining whether the intended recipient would successfully receive the telephony connection request if the telephony connection request was forwarded to the intended recipient.