US 11,870,863 B2
Method for operating a network
Giuseppe Siracusano, Heidelberg (DE); Davide Sanvito, Heidelberg (DE); Roberto Bifulco, Heidelberg (DE); and Roberto Gonzalez Sanchez, Heidelberg (DE)
Assigned to NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/909,403
Filed by NEC Laboratories Europe GmbH, Heidelberg (DE)
PCT Filed May 25, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/064465
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 5, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/239213, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 2, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0100227 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 12/00 (2006.01); H04L 67/50 (2022.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 67/535 (2022.05) [H04L 63/1408 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for operating a network, wherein user network traffic is controlled by an operator, comprising the following steps:
a) monitoring user network traffic data on a per user basis,
b) using the network traffic data in a learning process for providing a prediction of user network traffic on a per user basis comprising:
determining a sequence of contacted end hosts from the user network traffic data; and
determining the prediction of user network traffic on the per user basis using the sequence of contacted end hosts, and
c) controlling user network traffic under consideration of the prediction, including allocating network resources under consideration of the prediction to one or more users.