Visualizing network traffic plans based on egress peer engineering

Abstract

The embodiments of the disclosure relate to visualizing network traffic plans based on egress peer engineering. A traffic planning platform may receive information related to a traffic flow includinga traffic bandwidth to transport through a network with various network devices interconnected by links. The traffic planning platform may generate a traffic plan by assigning the traffic flow to a set of the links that includes network resources connecting a source of the traffic flow to a destination of the traffic flow. The traffic planning platform may render a visualization of the traffic plan, wherein the visualization includes a user interface (e.g., a diagram, an animation, and / or the like) in which geometric shapes that represent the source, the peer link, and the destination are connected by bands that represent the tunnel and the external route and further in which the geometric shapes and the bands each have a first visual property and a second visual property based on the traffic bandwidth of the traffic flow.

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Background technique [0001] Traffic engineering is a method for optimizing network performance by dynamically analyzing, predicting and adjusting the behavior of data transmitted through the network. Service engineering techniques can be applied to different types of networks, such as packet optical networks, public switched telephone networks (PSTNs), local area networks (LANs), wide area networks (WANs), cellular telephone networks, the Internet, and others. Egress peering is a special type of traffic engineering that directs traffic leaving a network to a peered carrier network in the most cost-effective manner. Various factors may affect the effectiveness and cost of service planning for egress peering, such as the cost of transporting service demand across networks, the load on egress peering links, the cost of using egress peering links, the The cost of forwarding the business to the destination, etc. Contents of the invention [0002] According to some implementatio...

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Various factors may affect the effectiveness and cost of service planning for egress peering, such as the cost of transporting service demand across networks, the load on egress peering links, the cost of using egress peering links, the The cost of business forwarding to the destination, etc.

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