| 摘要 |
An apparatus for analyzing the effect on a network characteristic (e.g., throughput or latency) of adding a user group to a network (having a maximum network characteristic) produces a reconfiguration message if addition of the user group adversely affects the network characteristic across the network. To that end, the apparatus first monitors data flow in the network over a selected time interval to produce network characteristic flow data. Once the network characteristic flow data is produced, group minimum network characteristic data (i.e., representing the minimum network characteristic requirement of the user group) is combined with the monitored network characteristic flow data to produce combined network characteristic data. The reconfiguration message then is produced if the combined network characteristic data is not compatible with the maximum network characteristic of the network. The reconfiguration message provides information relating to reconfiguring the network to facilitate the addition of the user group to the network.
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