Method, computer software products, client terminal, network element and network for efficient use of network resources by just-in-time modulation of quality of service based on service usage and user behavior

• US 20050262228A1
• Filed: 07/11/2003
• Published: 11/24/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 07/17/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Alcatel-Lucent SA (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Alcatel SA (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Godon, Marc Bruno Frieda, Trappeniers, Lieven Leopold Albertine
• Granted Patent: US 8,046,462 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/223
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1485 Tariff-related aspects
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1492 negotiation of tariff
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5029 Service quality level-based billing, e.g. dependent on measured service level customer is charged more or less
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/805 QOS or priority aware
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/822 Collecting or measuring resource availability data
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/83 based on usage prediction

Abstract

The invention relates to observing requests, deriving quality of service (QoS) demands and scheduling the network'"'"'s resources in terms of QoS. A scheduler is modulating the QoS based on service usage and user-behavior just-in-time. It relates to a method for efficient use of network resources by just-in-time modulation of quality of service based on real-time service-usage and user-behavior comprising steps recording events, generating a synthesis of user-behavior for a QoS user profile according to QoS user preferences, predicting required QoS demand based on current user behavior and user QoS profile, according to QoS user preferences, deriving and propagating QoS demands and allocations, and co-ordination of QoS request of a manifold of users, based on requests, QoS user profiles, QoS user preferences and resources. Further it relates to computer software product, client terminals, a scheduler server, a network element, and a network.

Claims

1. A method for allocating network resources by just-in-time modulation of quality of service (QoS) comprising steps of

recording QoS demands and resource usage,

predicting required QoS demands,

deriving and propagating QoS demands, and

coordinating concurrent QoS demands of a manifold of users,

wherein recording QoS demand and predicting required QoS demand are based on service-usage and user-behavior acquired by recording events at a client terminal of a user as user-behavior and aggregated in a QoS user profile.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the activities are performed with respect to defined QoS user preferences specifying the recording, predicting, deriving and propagating, and coordinating in relation to system conditions.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein said QoS user preferences specify a QoS demanding strategy.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the prediction is realized by a neuronal network.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the coordinating concurrent QoS demands of a manifold of users comprises the steps of evaluating QoS demands and balancing QoS grants based on the QoS user profiles.

10. A computer software product for allocating network resources by just-in-time modulation of quality of service (QoS), such a computer software product comprising programming means for performing the method according to claim 1.

6. A telecommunication network comprising a client terminal and a scheduler server, said client terminal comprising communication means for requiring and using network resources and quality of service (QoS) demands, said scheduler server comprising scheduling or dispatching means allocating network resources based on QoS demands, wherein the client terminal further comprises acquiring means for recording events of a user as user-behavior and aggregation means for aggregating user-behavior in a QoS user profile, and wherein the communication means comprises demanding means for demanding predicted quality of service (QoS) demands based on service-usage and said user-behavior, and wherein said scheduling or dispatching means comprises coordinating means for coordinating concurrent QoS demands of a manifold of users and evaluation and balancing means for evaluating QoS demands and balancing QoS grants based on QoS user profile comprising aggregated service-usage and user-behavior received from a client terminal.

7. A client terminal comprising communication means for requiring and using network resources and quality of service (QoS) demands, wherein the client terminal further comprises acquiring means for recording events of a user as user-behavior and aggregation means for aggregating user-behavior in a QoS user profile, and wherein the communication means comprises demanding means for demanding predicted QoS demands based on service-usage and said user-behavior.

8. The client terminal according to claim 7, wherein the client terminal comprises further communication means for providing the QoS user profiles to a scheduler server.

9. A scheduler server comprising scheduling or dispatching means allocating network resources based on QoS demands, wherein said scheduling or dispatching means comprises coordinating means for coordinating concurrent QoS demands of a manifold of users and evaluation and balancing means for evaluating QoS demands and balancing QoS grants based on QoS user profile comprising aggregated service-usage and user-behavior received from a client terminal.