IP Library Granted Patent US 12,739,181
Granted Patent B2
US 12,739,181 · App. 18/839,420 · Granted Sep 15, 2026

Traffic data collection system, traffic data collection method, and traffic data collection program

Inventors: Masato Yamada (Tokyo, JP); Yuhei Hayashi (Tokyo, JP); Atsushi Suto (Tokyo, JP); Chiharu Morioka (Tokyo, JP); Akinori Furuta (Tokyo, JP); Yuki Miyoshi (Tokyo, JP); Satomi Inoue (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NTT, Inc.
H04L43/028H04L43/0876
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,739,181
App. No.
18/839,420
Filed
Aug 17, 2024
Granted
Sep 15, 2026
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2447
USPC
709/224
Abstract

A network monitoring system includes a reception module, an extraction module, and a recovery module. The reception module receives time-series data having a bandwidth value of a monitored network. The extraction module extracts a feature amount of the time-series data from the time-series data having the bandwidth value by applying a seasonal adjustment method to the time-series data. Accordingly, the extraction module transmits the feature amount of the time-series data via a network for collecting traffic data of the monitored network. The recovery module receives the feature amount of the time-series data via the network for collecting traffic data of the monitored network. Accordingly, the recovery module recovers the time-series data having the bandwidth value from the feature amount of the time-series data.

Claims (61)

1 . A traffic data collecting system comprising a processor configured to execute operations comprising:

receiving time-series data having a bandwidth value of a monitored network;

extracting a feature amount of the time-series data from the time-series data having the bandwidth value by applying a seasonal adjustment method to the time-series data, wherein the extracting further comprises:

decomposing, based on a parameter of scatterplot smoothing (Loess) (STL) decomposition adjusted to the time-series data, the time-series data into a trend term, a seasonality term, and a residual error term, by applying seasonal and trend decomposition using locally estimated STL decomposition to the time-series data having the bandwidth value, and

extracting the feature amount of the time-series data from the trend term, the seasonality term, and the residual error term;

adjusting the parameter of the STL decomposition based on a change in size of the time-series data when the parameter is changed by determining whether a change in size of the time-series data exceeds a threshold, adjusts the parameter that is strength of seasonality in a case where the change in size of the time-series data does not exceed the threshold, and adjusts the parameter that is the number of trend change points in a case where the change in size of the time-series data exceeds the threshold;

transmitting the feature amount of the time-series data via a network for collecting traffic data of the monitored network;

receiving the feature amount of the time-series data via the network for collecting traffic data of the monitored network; and

recovering the time-series data having the bandwidth value from the feature amount of the time-series data.

2 . The traffic data collecting system according to claim 1 , wherein the adjusting further comprises adjusting the parameter in a case where the change in size of the time-series data exceeds the threshold.

3 . The traffic data collecting system according to claim 1 , wherein

the extraction module extracts an event term indicating a variation due to an event from the time-series data having the bandwidth value, and

the transmission module transmits the event term as the feature amount of the time-series data.

4 . The traffic data collecting system according to claim 1 , wherein

the extraction module extracts the feature amount of the time-series data from the time-series data having the bandwidth value in a predetermined period, and

the recovery module recovers the time-series data having the bandwidth value in the predetermined period, based on the feature amount of the time-series data and the predetermined period.

5 . The traffic data collecting system according to claim 1 , the processor further configured to execute operations comprising:

generating restored trend data from slope/intercept data and trend change points.

6 . The traffic data collecting system according to claim 5 , wherein the decoding further comprises producing reconstructed seasonal data by applying an inverse Fourier transform to spectral data.

7 . The traffic data collecting system according to claim 1 , wherein the parameter represents the number of trend change points in a case where the change in size of the time-series data exceeds the threshold.

8 . The traffic data collecting system according to claim 1 , wherein the parameter represents a size of a low-pass filter in a case where the change in size of the time-series data exceeds the threshold.

9 . A method for collecting traffic data which is executed by a computer, the method comprising:

receiving time-series data having a bandwidth value of a monitored network;

extracting a feature amount of the time-series data from the time-series data having the bandwidth value by applying a seasonal adjustment method to the time-series data, wherein the extracting further comprises:

decomposing, based on a parameter of scatterplot smoothing (Loess) (STL) decomposition adjusted to the time-series data, the time-series data into a trend term, a seasonality term, and a residual error term, by applying seasonal and trend decomposition using locally estimated STL decomposition to the time-series data having the bandwidth value, and

extracting the feature amount of the time-series data from the trend term, the seasonality term, and the residual error term;

adjusting a parameter of the STL decomposition based on a change in size of the time-series data when the parameter is changed by determining whether a change in size of the time-series data exceeds a threshold, adjusts the parameter that is strength of seasonality in a case where the change in size of the time-series data does not exceed the threshold, and adjusts the parameter that is the number of trend change points in a case where the change in size of the time-series data exceeds the threshold;

transmitting the feature amount of the time-series data via a network for collecting traffic data of the monitored network;

receiving the feature amount of the time-series data via the network for collecting traffic data of the monitored network; and

recovering the time-series data having the bandwidth value from the feature amount of the time-series data.

10 . The method for collecting traffic data according to claim 9 , the method further comprises:

decomposing, into a trend term, a seasonality term, and a residual error term, the time-series data having the bandwidth value by applying seasonal and trend decomposition using locally estimated scatterplot smoothing (Loess) (STL) decomposition to the time-series data and extracts the feature amount of the time-series data from the trend term, the seasonality term, and the residual error term.

11 . The method for collecting traffic data according to claim 9 , wherein the adjusting further comprises adjusting the parameter in a case where the change in size of the time-series data exceeds the threshold.

12 . The method for collecting traffic data according to claim 9 , the method further comprises:

extracting an event term indicating a variation due to an event from the time-series data having the bandwidth value, and

transmitting the event term as the feature amount of the time-series data.

13 . The method for collecting traffic data according to claim 9 , the method further comprises:

extracting the feature amount of the time-series data from the time-series data having the bandwidth value in a predetermined period, and

recovering the time-series data having the bandwidth value in the predetermined period, based on the feature amount of the time-series data and the predetermined period.

14 . The method according to claim 9 , wherein the parameter represents the number of trend change points in a case where the change in size of the time-series data exceeds the threshold.

15 . The method according to claim 9 , wherein the parameter represents a size of a low-pass filter in a case where the change in size of the time-series data exceeds the threshold.

16 . A computer-readable non-transitory recording medium storing computer-executable program instructions that when executed by a processor cause a computer to execute operations comprising:

receiving time-series data having a bandwidth value of a monitored network;

extracting a feature amount of the time-series data from the time-series data having the bandwidth value by applying a seasonal adjustment method to the time-series data, wherein the extracting further comprises:

decomposing, based on a parameter of scatterplot smoothing (Loess) (STL) decomposition adjusted to the time-series data, the time-series data into a trend term, a seasonality term, and a residual error term, by applying seasonal and trend decomposition using locally estimated STL decomposition to the time-series data having the bandwidth value, and

extracting the feature amount of the time-series data from the trend term, the seasonality term, and the residual error term;

adjusting a parameter of the STL decomposition based on a change in size of the time-series data when the parameter is changed by determining whether a change in size of the time-series data exceeds a threshold, adjusts the parameter that is strength of seasonality in a case where the change in size of the time-series data does not exceed the threshold, and adjusts the parameter that is the number of trend change points in a case where the change in size of the time-series data exceeds the threshold;

transmitting the feature amount of the time-series data via a network for collecting traffic data of the monitored network;

receiving the feature amount of the time-series data via the network for collecting traffic data of the monitored network; and

recovering the time-series data having the bandwidth value from the feature amount of the time-series data.

17 . The computer-readable non-transitory recording medium according to claim 16 , wherein the adjusting further comprises adjusting the parameter in a case where the change in size of the time-series data exceeds the threshold.

18 . The computer-readable non-transitory recording medium according to claim 16 , wherein the collecting traffic data method further comprises:

extracting an event term indicating a variation due to an event from the time-series data having the bandwidth value, and

transmitting the event term as the feature amount of the time-series data.

19 . The computer-readable non-transitory recording medium according to claim 16 , wherein the collecting traffic data method further comprises:

extracting the feature amount of the time-series data from the time-series data having the bandwidth value in a predetermined period, and

recovering the time-series data having the bandwidth value in the predetermined period, based on the feature amount of the time-series data and the predetermined period.

20 . The computer-readable non-transitory recording medium according to claim 16 , wherein the parameter represents the number of trend change points in a case where the change in size of the time-series data exceeds the threshold.

21 . The computer-readable non-transitory recording medium according to claim 16 , wherein the parameter represents a size of a low-pass filter in a case where the change in size of the time-series data exceeds the threshold.

22 . The computer-readable non-transitory recording medium according to claim 16 , wherein the parameter represents the number of trend change points in a case where the change in size of the time-series data exceeds the threshold.

23 . The computer-readable non-transitory recording medium according to claim 16 , wherein the parameter represents a size of a low-pass filter in a case where the change in size of the time-series data exceeds the threshold.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 14, 2026
From: YAMADA, MASATO; HAYASHI, YUHEI; SUTO, ATSUSHI; MORIOKA, CHIHARU; FURUTA, AKINORI; MIYOSHI, YUKI; INOUE, SATOMI
To: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 073791/0627 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 1, 2026
From: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
To: NTT, INC.
Reel/Frame 074164/0693 →
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