Inferring congestion and signal quality

Abstract

Described embodiments provide systems and methods for inferring a network type and network conditions. The system includes a packet capturing engine configured to capture a plurality of network packets from a plurality of TCP network connections. The system includes a packet analyzer configured to analyze the plurality of network packets to generate a plurality of metrics. The system includes a network classifier configured to infer network types of the plurality of TCP connections based on the plurality of metrics and at least one classification model. The system also includes a conditions ranking engine configured to estimate a level of network congestion for each TCP connection based on the plurality of metrics and the network types.

We claim: 
     
         1 . A method comprising
 identifying, by one or more processors, a delay of one or more packets caused by network congestion and a type of network of the connection;   determining, by the one or more processors using the type of network and the delay, at least one a level of congestion or a signal quality of the connection; and   providing, by the one or more processors for display, the level of congestion or the signal quality of the connection.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising determining, by the one or more processors, using one or more metric of the connection, a noise delay of one or more packets caused by a radio link control (RLC) retransmission via the connection. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 2 , further comprising determining, by the one or more processors, the level of congestion or the signal quality using the noise delay. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising determining, by the one or more processors, using one or more metrics of the connection, a throughput of the connection. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 4 , further comprising determining, by the one or more processors, the level of congestion or the signal quality using the throughput. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the connection comprises a transport layer connection. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising classifying, by the one or more processors, the type of network into one of a mobile network or a fixed network, wherein the mobile network comprises one of a 2G, 3G, 4G or 5G network. 
     
     
         8 . A method comprising
 identifying, by one or more processors, a type of network and a throughput for a connection;   determining, by the one or more processors using the type of network and the throughput, a level of congestion or a signal quality of the connection; and   providing, by the one or more processors, for display the level of congestion or the signal quality of the connection.   
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 8 , further comprising determining, by the one or more processors, using one or more metrics of the connection, a delay of one or more packets caused by a radio link control (RLC) retransmission via the connection. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 9 , further comprising determining, by the one or more processors, the level of congestion or the signal quality using the delay. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 8 , further comprising determining, by the one or more processors using one or more metrics of the connection, a delay of one or more packets caused by a network congestion of the connection. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 11 , further comprising determining, by the one or more processors, the level of congestion or the signal quality using the delay. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 8 , wherein the connection comprises a transport layer connection. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 8 , further comprising classifying, by the one or more processors, the type of network for the connection into one of a mobile network or a fixed network, wherein the mobile network comprises one of a 2G, 3G, 4G or 5G network. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 8 , further comprising determining, by the one or more processors, the throughput of the connect using a number of bytes transferred via the connection without one of network congestion or noise. 
     
     
         16 . A system comprising:
 one or more processors, coupled to memory and configured to:   identify a type of network and at least one of a throughput or a delay for a connection;   determine using the type of network and at least one of the delay or the throughput, a level of congestion or a signal quality of the connection; and   provide for display the level of congestion or the signal quality of the connection.   
     
     
         17 . The system of  claim 16 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to determine the delay as a noise delay of one or more packets caused by a radio link control (RLC) retransmission via the connection. 
     
     
         18 . The system of  claim 17 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to determine the level of congestion or the signal quality using the noise delay. 
     
     
         19 . The system of  claim 16 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to determine the delay as a load delay of one or more packets caused by network congestion. 
     
     
         20 . The system of  claim 19 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to determine the level of congestion or the signal quality using the load delay.