Opportunistic service management for elastic applications

• US 10,104,682 B2
• Filed: 07/08/2016
• Issued: 10/16/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/15/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Majmundar, Milap, Tofighbakhsh, Mostafa
• Primary Examiner(s): Hussain, Imad
• Application Number:
  US15/205,194
• Publication Number:
  US 20160323907A1
• Time in Patent Office: 830 Days
• Field of Search: 370329, 709225
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/50 Network service management, e.g. ensuring proper service fulfilment according to agreements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/0268 using specific QoS parameters for wireless networks, e.g. QoS class identifier [QCI] or guaranteed bit rate [GBR] negotiating SLA or negotiating QoS H04W28/24
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/24 Negotiating SLA [Service Level Agreement]; Negotiating QoS [Quality of Service]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/535 based on resource usage policies
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/543 based on requested quality, e.g. QoS

Abstract

Management of elastic applications in a wireless environment is facilitated. A method comprises determining a degree of elasticity for wireless applications having varying degrees of elasticity. Traffic entities generated by wireless application are then scheduled for transmission to an end user device as a function of the particular degree of elasticity corresponding to the wireless application.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising;

determining, based on display data indicative of a display capability of a device in communication with the system via a network device, a first scheduled time for a first transmission of a first traffic entity associated with a wireless application and a second scheduled time for a second transmission of a second traffic entity associated with the wireless application;

transmitting, via the network device, the first traffic entity to the device at the first scheduled time that is determined based on the display data; and

transmitting, via the network device, the second traffic entity to the device at the second scheduled time that is determined based on the display data, wherein the second scheduled time is different than the first scheduled time.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the determining comprises determining a degree of elasticity for the wireless application based on the display data.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the determining comprises determining the first scheduled time and the second scheduled time further based on performance data indicative of a performance limitation associated with the device.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the determining comprises determining the first scheduled time and the second scheduled time further based on performance data indicative of a caching limitation associated with the device.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the determining comprises determining the first scheduled time and the second scheduled time further based on preference data indicative of a preference of a user identity associated with the device.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the determining comprises determining the first scheduled time and the second scheduled time further based on network policy data indicative of a policy for the network device.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the determining comprises determining the first scheduled time and the second scheduled time further based on network data indicative of a network condition for a communication network associated with the network device.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise storing, in a data store, tolerance data that comprises the display data and other data for the device.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise assembling the first traffic entity according to a characterization associated with the first traffic entity.

10. A method, comprising:

determining, by a system comprising a processor, display data indicative of a display limitation of a device in communication with the system via a network device;

scheduling, by the system, a first transmission for a first wireless application via the network device based on the display data; and

scheduling, by the system, a second transmission for a second wireless application with respect to the first transmission based on the display data.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

determining, by the system, a first degree of elasticity for the first wireless application based on the display data; and

determining, by the system, a second degree of elasticity for the second wireless application based on the display data.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the scheduling the first transmission comprises scheduling the first transmission based on the first degree of elasticity for the first wireless application, and wherein the scheduling the second transmission comprises scheduling the second transmission based on the second degree of elasticity for the second wireless application.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the scheduling the first transmission comprises scheduling the first transmission based on network mitigation data indicative of a format for receiving traffic entities associated with the first wireless application.

14. The method of claim 10, further comprising determining, by the system, performance data indicative of a performance limitation associated with the device.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the scheduling the first transmission comprises scheduling the first transmission for the first wireless application based on the performance data.

16. The method of claim 10, further comprising determining, by the system, memory data indicative of a caching limitation associated with the device.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the scheduling the first transmission comprises scheduling the first transmission for the first wireless application based on the memory data.

18. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:

determining display data indicative of a display limitation of a device in communication with a network device;

characterizing an elasticity of a wireless application based on the display data; and

facilitating, via the network device, timing for a transmission of data generated by the wireless application to the device based on the characterizing of the elasticity associated with the display data.

19. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the characterizing comprises characterizing the elasticity of the wireless application based on performance data indicative of a resource capability associated with the device.

20. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the facilitating the transmission comprises scheduling the transmission of the data generated by the wireless application based on the display data.