System and Method for Managing License Capacity in a Telecommunication Network
First Claim
1. A method of managing license capacity for a service in a telecommunication network comprising:
- initially allocating portions of a licensed transaction capacity to individual traffic processors supporting the service; and
dynamically adjusting the allocated portions based on actual traffic loads of the individual traffic processors.
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Abstract
According to teachings herein, a telecommunication network manages licensed transaction capacity for a licensed service provided by the network, based on dynamically adjusting the allocation of licensed capacity across multiple traffic processors providing the service. Reallocation of licensed capacity is performed with respect to the actual traffic loads at the traffic processors. For example, licensed capacity at a lightly loaded traffic processor is decreased and licensed capacity is correspondingly increased at a heavily loaded traffic processor. This dynamic redistribution of licensed capacity to reflect variations in the distribution of traffic loads across the traffic processors provides for more efficient utilization of the licensed transaction capacity.
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32 Claims
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1. A method of managing license capacity for a service in a telecommunication network comprising:
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initially allocating portions of a licensed transaction capacity to individual traffic processors supporting the service; and dynamically adjusting the allocated portions based on actual traffic loads of the individual traffic processors. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A license manager for managing license capacity for a service in a telecommunication network, said license manager comprising one or more processing circuits configured to:
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initially allocate portions of a licensed transaction capacity to individual traffic processors supporting the service; and dynamically adjust the allocated portions based on actual traffic loads of the individual traffic processors. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A license manager for managing a transaction capacity license for a service in a telecommunication network, said license manager comprising one or more processing circuits configured to:
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distribute an overall number of license tokens among individual traffic processors in a set of traffic processors, said overall number of license tokens representing a licensed transaction capacity for the service; and redistribute the license tokens among the individual traffic processors responsive to differences in license token usage levels among the individual traffic processors. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31)
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32. A method of managing license capacity for a service in a telecommunication network comprising:
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releasing a number of license tokens from a traffic processor having a low license token usage relative its current allocated share of license tokens; storing the released license tokens at least temporarily in a license token pool; and allocating a number of license tokens from the license token pool to a traffic processor having a high license token usage relative to its current allocated share of license tokens.
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