SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MINIMIZING NETWORK LOAD IMBALANCE AND LATENCY

摘要

A system and method for improving a network topology to minimize load imbalance and latency between network nodes is provided. A network performance and configuration tool receives performance data from payload handling nodes, including radio stations, transport nodes and payload gateways to calculate a current network condition related to the current network topology. A revised network topology is determined by selecting a radio station to re-home from its parent transport node and payload gateway to a newly selected transport node and payload gateway. The revised network condition is calculated and compared to current network condition to determine if the re-homing should be accepted. The process can be repeated for a number of iterations until an optimized network topology is found. Configuration instructions are then transmitted to any radio stations that have been re-homed in the final network topology.

主权项

1. A method for determining an improved network topology, the network topology defining associations between payload handling nodes in a network, the method comprising:
receiving performance data from a plurality of payload handling nodes, the payload handling nodes including radio stations, transport nodes and payload gateways; calculating a current network condition in accordance with a current network topology and the received performance data; determining a revised network topology by selecting a radio station to re-home from its associated transport node and associated payload gateway in the current network topology to a selected transport node and a selected payload gateway; calculating a revised network condition in accordance with the revised network topology and the received performance data; accepting the revised network topology as the current network topology in response to determining that the revised network condition is improved as compared to the current network condition; and transmitting the current network topology to the re-homed radio station.