Method of managing resources

• US 10,028,258 B2
• Filed: 11/14/2013
• Issued: 07/17/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 11/14/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks GmbH & Co. KG (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks GmbH & Co. KG (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Morper, Hans-Jochen, Markwart, Christian
• Primary Examiner(s): Lo, Diane
• Assistant Examiner(s): HAQUE, ABUSAYEED M
• Application Number:
  US15/036,148
• Publication Number:
  US 20160295566A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,706 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/14 Spectrum sharing arrangements between different networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/04 Wireless resource allocation
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/20 Control channels or signalling for resource management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/12 Access point controller devices

Abstract

A resource controller for managing resources in a network and arranged at a site of a first network entity is provided, wherein the resource controller comprises: a database, adapted to store resource managing related information; an interface adapted to receive a resource managing message from a second network entity at the first network entity; and a resource managing unit, wherein the resource managing unit is adapted to grant access to the stored resource managing related information on the database based on the received resource managing message.

Claims

1. A performance resource controller in a first network entity the performance resource controller comprising:

a database adapted to store performance resource management information related to managing performance resources of a communication network, wherein the performance resource management information comprises at least one parameter related to at least one of one or more performance resource offers and one or more performance resource requests;

an interface adapted to receive a performance resource management message from a second network entity, wherein the performance resource management message comprises at least one of the one or more performance resource offers and the one or more performance resource requests; and

a performance resource management unit adapted to grant access to the stored performance resource management information based on the performance resource management message.

2. The performance resource controller according to claim 1, wherein the performance resource management message or

the performance resource management information comprise at least one management policy.

3. The performance resource controller according to claim 1, wherein a rating function is implemented in the performance resource management unit, which is further adapted to evaluate information included in the performance resource management message or in the performance resource management information.

4. The performance resource controller according to claim 1, wherein the performance resource management unit is further adapted to determine a match between a performance resource offer and a performance resource request.

5. The performance resource controller according to claim 1, wherein the performance resource management message includes an identifier identifying the second network entity.

6. The performance resource controller according to claim 1, wherein the performance resource management unit is further adapted to convert between different descriptions of a performance resource.

7. The performance resource controller according to claim 1, wherein a performance resource is described by at least one of:

frequency,

bandwidth,

spectrum, and

transport bandwidth,

broadband wireless best effort service,

available services,

available applications, and

transmission capacity.

8. The performance resource controller according to claim 1, wherein the performance resource is a communication performance resource.

9. A network comprising:

at least two network entities, wherein at least one of the network entities comprises a performance resource controller according to claim 1.

10. The performance resource controller according to claim 1, wherein the performance resource management unit is further adapted to send a response message in response to the performance resource management message.

11. The performance resource controller according to claim 1, wherein the performance resource management message includes information about a type of performance resource management action, wherein:

the performance resource management action comprises at least one of a performance resource auction and a performance resource shop,

the performance resource auction comprises a management function that collects corresponding offers and requests from other network entities until an end of a defined period before starting an evaluation via a rating and/or booking engine, and

the performance resource shop comprises a managing function that evaluates a corresponding offer or request match from other network entities individually, and decides via a rating and/or booking engine to accept or reject the offer or request.

12. A method comprising:

receiving, at a first network entity, a performance resource management message related to managing performance resources of a communication network from a second network entity, wherein the performance resource management message comprises at least one of one or more performance resource offers and one or more performance resource requests; and

Granting, by the first network entity, the second network entity access to performance resource management information stored at the first network entity based on the performance resource management message, wherein the performance resource management information comprises at least one parameter related to at least one of the one or more performance resource offers and the one or more performance resource requests.

13. The method according to claim 12 further comprising:

matching, by the first network entity, at least one of the performance resource offers and with at least one of the performance resource requests based upon at least one performance management policy.

14. The method according to claim 12, further comprising:

sending, by the first network entity, a response message in response to the performance resource management message.

15. The method according to claim 12, wherein the performance resource management message includes information about a type of performance resource management action wherein:

the performance resource management action comprises at least one of a performance resource auction and a performance resource shop,

the performance resource auction comprises a management function that collects corresponding offers and requests from other network entities until an end of a defined period before starting an evaluation via a rating and/or booking engine, and

the performance resource shop comprises a managing function that evaluates a corresponding offer or request match from other network entities individually, and decides via a rating and/or booking engine to accept or reject the offer or request.

16. The method according to claim 12, wherein the performance resource management message or the performance resource management information comprise at least one management policy.

17. The method according to claim 12, wherein the performance resource management message includes an identifier identifying the second network entity.

18. The method according to claim 12, further comprising:

converting, by the first network entity, between different descriptions of a performance resource.

19. The method according to claim 12, wherein a performance resource is described by at least one of:

frequency,

bandwidth,

spectrum,

transport bandwidth,

broadband wireless best effort service,

available services,

available applications, and

transmission capacity.

20. The method according to claim 12, wherein the performance resource is a communication performance resource.