Responsive quality of service management

• US 10,200,914 B2
• Filed: 01/31/2017
• Issued: 02/05/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 01/20/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Khawand, Jean, Rao, Srinivasa L., Shah, Shivam Kiran
• Primary Examiner(s): Pezzlo, John
• Application Number:
  US15/420,984
• Publication Number:
  US 20180213444A1
• Time in Patent Office: 735 Days
• Field of Search: 370252, 370278, 370386, 370230
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/765 triggered by the end-points
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/805 QOS or priority aware
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/02 Arrangements for optimising operational condition
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/08 Testing, supervising or monitoring using real traffic
• 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]

Abstract

A system manages a quality of service provided to an electronic device during a communication session in a network. A quality of service monitor of the electronic device detects satisfaction of a quality of service adjustment condition for changing the quality of service provided to the electronic device by the network. A quality of service manager of the electronic device requests an adjusted quality of service provided to the electronic device by the network. A communication interface of the electronic device communicates in a communication session at the adjusted quality of service provided to the electronic device by the network.

Claims

1. A method of managing a quality of service provided to a first electronic device during a communication session in a network, the method comprising:

detecting, by the first electronic device, satisfaction of a quality of service adjustment condition for changing the quality of service provided to the first electronic device by the network, wherein the quality of service adjustment condition is satisfied by detection that network performance of the communication session in the network fails to satisfy a predefined network performance condition for the communication session;

requesting, by the first electronic device, an adjusted quality of service provided to the first electronic device by the network, responsive to the detecting operation; and

communicating, via the first electronic device, in the communication session at the adjusted quality of service provided to the first electronic device by the network, responsive to the requesting operation.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

monitoring, by the first electronic device, the network performance in the network, the monitoring operation providing information for evaluating the quality of service adjustment condition for changing the quality of service.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

monitoring, by the first electronic device, operating performance of the first electronic device, the monitoring operation providing information for evaluating the quality of service adjustment condition for changing the quality of service.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

monitoring, by the first electronic device, the network performance of the communication session in the network, the communication session being between the first electronic device and at least one other electronic device communicatively coupled to the network.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the requesting operation comprises:

requesting, by the first electronic device, an upgraded quality of service provided by the network, responsive to the operation of detecting by the first electronic device.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein the operation of requesting by the first electronic device comprises:

communicating, via the first electronic device, in the communication session at the upgraded quality of service provided by the network, the upgraded quality of service satisfying the predefined network performance condition for the communication session.

7. The method of claim 6 further comprising:

detecting termination of the communication session in the network;

requesting, by the first electronic device, a downgraded quality of service provided to the electronic device by the network; and

communicating, via the first electronic device, in a communication session at the downgraded quality of service provided by the network.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving a denial from the network of a request for an adjusted quality of service;

detecting, by the first electronic device, satisfaction of a quality of service adjustment condition for changing the quality of service provided to the electronic device by the network, after expiration of a backoff period; and

re-requesting, by the first electronic device, an adjusted quality of service provided to the first electronic device by the network, responsive to the operation of detecting after expiration of the backoff period.

9. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving a denial from the network of a request for an adjusted quality of service;

detecting, by the first electronic device, satisfaction of a quality of service adjustment condition for changing the quality of service provided to the first electronic device by the network, after expiration of a backoff period; and

iteratively requesting, by the first electronic device, different adjusted qualities of service provided to the first electronic device by the network, responsive to the operation of detecting after expiration of the backoff period.

10. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving, at the first electronic device, cost information associated with the adjusted quality of service in the communication session;

presenting, via the first electronic device, the cost information associated with the adjusted quality of service; and

responding to a prompt by authorizing a request for the adjusted quality of service, responsive to presentation of the cost information.

11. A system for managing a quality of service provided to an electronic device during a communication session in a network, the system comprising:

a quality of service monitor of the electronic device configured to detect satisfaction of a quality of service adjustment condition for changing the quality of service provided to the electronic device by the network, wherein the quality of service adjustment condition is satisfied by detecting, by the electronic device, that network performance of the communication session in the network fails to satisfy a predefined network performance condition for the communication session;

a quality of service manager of the electronic device configured to request an adjusted quality of service provided to the electronic device by the network; and

a communication interface of the electronic device configured to communicate in the communication session at the adjusted quality of service provided to the electronic device by the network.

12. One or more tangible processor-readable storage media embodied with instructions for executing on one or more processors and circuits of a device a process managing a quality of service provided to first electronic device during a communication session in a network, the process comprising:

detecting, by the electronic device, satisfaction of a quality of service adjustment condition for changing the quality of service provided to the first electronic device by the network, wherein the quality of service adjustment condition is satisfied by detecting, by the first electronic device, that network performance of the communication session in the network fails to satisfy a predefined network performance condition for the communication session;

requesting, by the first electronic device, an adjusted quality of service provided to the first electronic device by the network, responsive to the detecting operation; and

communicating, via the first electronic device, in the communication session at the adjusted quality of service provided to the first electronic device by the network, responsive to the requesting operation.

13. The one or more tangible processor-readable storage media of claim 12, wherein the process further comprises:

monitoring, by the first electronic device, network performance of the communication session in the network, the communication session being between the first electronic device and at least one other electronic device communicatively coupled to the network.

14. The one or more tangible processor-readable storage media of claim 12 wherein the requesting operation comprises:

requesting, by the first electronic device, an upgraded quality of service provided by the network, responsive to the operation of detecting by the first electronic device.

15. The one or more tangible processor-readable storage media of claim 14 wherein the requesting operation further comprises:

communicating, via the first electronic device, in the communication session at the upgraded quality of service provided by the network, the upgraded quality of service satisfying the predefined network performance condition.

16. The one or more tangible processor-readable storage media of claim 15, wherein the process further comprises:

detecting termination of the communication session in the network.

17. The one or more tangible processor-readable storage media of claim 16 wherein the process further comprises:

requesting, by the first electronic device, a downgraded quality of service provided to the first electronic device by the network.

18. The one or more tangible processor-readable storage media of claim 17 wherein the process further comprises:

communicating, via the first electronic device, in a communication session at the downgraded quality of service provided by the network.