POLICY-BASED SESSION ESTABLISHMENT AND TRANSFER IN A VIRTUALIZED/CLOUD ENVIRONMENT

• US 20150006733A1
• Filed: 06/28/2013
• Published: 01/01/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: KHAN, Naseem A., CONNELL, John K.
• Granted Patent: US 10,009,284 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/226
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/70 Admission control; Resource allocation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/805 QOS or priority aware
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/808 User-type aware
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/822 Collecting or measuring resource availability data
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/829 Topology based
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/83 based on usage prediction

Abstract

A device may receive a request for a particular service from a user device. The device may determine a priority class associated with the service. The device may determine, based on the priority class, quality of service requirements associated with providing the service. The device may determine, based on the quality of service requirements, one or more cloud resources for providing the service to a user of the user device. The device may allocate the one or more cloud resources to provide the service to the user.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a device, a request for a service from a user device;

determining, by the device, a priority class associated with the service;

determining, by the device and based on the priority class, quality of service requirements associated with providing the service;

determining, by the device and based on the quality of service requirements, a location from which to launch the service;

determining, by the device and based on the location, one or more cloud resources for providing the service to a user of the user device; and

allocating, by the device, the one or more cloud resources to provide the service to the user.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

obtaining at least one of a subscriber profile or service information,

the at least one of the subscriber profile or the service information being associated with the user; and

where determining the priority class includes;

determining the priority class based on the at least one of the subscriber profile or the service information.

3. The method of claim 2, where obtaining the at least one of the subscriber profile or the service information includes:

obtaining the service information,

the service information including a set of rules for allocating the one or more cloud resources; and

where allocating the one or more cloud resources includes one or more of;

applying a first rule, included in the set of rules, to map a priority associated with the request to the priority class, or

applying a second rule, included in the set of rules, for allocating the one or more cloud resources in geographically diverse locations.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a service type based on the request; and

determining a priority associated with the request based on the service type; and

where determining the priority class includes;

determining the priority class based on the priority associated with the request.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

starting one or more new instances of a cloud resource based on allocating the one or more cloud resources.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a load associated with the one or more cloud resources; and

where allocating the one or more cloud resources includes;

allocating the one or more cloud resources to provide the service to the user based on the load associated with the one or more cloud resources.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

simulating a behavior of a network associated with providing the service to the user; and

determining performance data associated with simulating the behavior of the network; and

where allocating the one or more cloud resources includes;

allocating, based on the performance data and based on the quality of service requirements, the one or more cloud resources to provide the service to the user via the network.

8. A device comprising:

a processor to;

determine a current utilization of cloud resources;

determine an expected utilization of cloud resources associated with a particular period of time;

determine quality of service requirements for providing a service during the particular period of time;

determine, based on the quality of service requirements, a pool of cloud resources for providing the service during the particular period of time;

perform a simulation of a behavior of a network to determine performance data associated with the pool of cloud resources providing the service during the particular period of time;

determine, based on the performance data and based on the quality of service requirements, whether the pool of cloud resources are sufficient for providing the service during the particular period of time;

selectively start, based on determining whether the pool of cloud resources are sufficient for providing the service during the particular period of time, one or more instances of cloud resources for providing the service during the particular period of time,

the processor starting the one or more instances of cloud resources when the pool of cloud resources are not sufficient for providing the service during the particular period of time,

the pool of cloud resources including the one or more instances of cloud resources when the one or more instances of cloud resources are started, and

the one or more instances of cloud resources not being started when the pool of cloud resources are sufficient for providing the service during the particular period of time; and

allocate, based on receiving a request for the service during the particular period of time, one or more cloud resources, included in the pool of cloud resources, for providing the service.

9. The device of claim 8, where the service includes a high priority service.

10. The device of claim 8, where, when determining the expected utilization of the cloud resources, the processor is to:

determine a quantity of service requests for the service expected to be received by the device during the particular period of time.

11. The device of claim 8, where, when performing the simulation of the behavior of the network, the processor is to:

generate a service graph associated with the pool of cloud resources providing the service during the particular period of time,

execute the service graph on one or more network resources and one or more cloud resources,

the one or more cloud resources being included in the pool of cloud resources, and

determine, based on executing the service graph, the performance data.

12. The device of claim 8, where, when selectively starting the one or more instances of cloud resources, the processor is to:

determine that the pool of cloud resources are not sufficient for providing the service during the particular time period,

determine a location for starting the one or more instances of cloud resources,

the location being determined based on a physical location of a particular device implementing the one or more instances of cloud resources being closer to a location of a device transmitting the request than a physical location of another device capable of implementing the one or more instances of cloud resources, and

send an instruction to start the one or more instances of cloud resources to the particular device,

the particular device being associated with a cloud computing environment located at the location.

13. The device of claim 12, where the performance data includes information identifying a latency associated with the pool of cloud resources providing the service during the particular period of time;

and

where, when determining the location, the processor is to;

determine the location to reduce the latency associated with the pool of cloud resources providing the service during the particular period of time.

14. A computer readable medium storing instructions, the instructions comprising:

one or more instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to;

receive a request for a service from a device;

determine a priority class associated with the service;

determine, based on the priority class, quality of service requirements associated with providing the service;

determine, based on the quality of service requirements, one or more cloud resources for providing the service to the device; and

allocate the one or more cloud resources to provide the service to the device.

15. The computer readable medium of claim 14, where the instructions further comprise:

one or more instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to;

obtain at least one of a subscriber profile or service information,

the at least one of the subscriber profile or the service information being associated with the device; and

where the one or more instructions to determine the priority class further cause the processor to;

determine the priority class based on the at least one of the subscriber profile or the service information.

16. The computer readable medium of claim 15, where the one or more instructions to obtain the at least one of the subscriber profile or the service information further cause the processor to:

obtain the service information,

the service information including a set of rules for determining the priority class; and

where the one or more instructions to determine the priority class further cause the processor to;

map a priority associated with the request to the priority class based on applying the set of rules.

17. The computer readable medium of claim 14, where the instructions further comprise:

one or more instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to;

determine a service type based on the request; and

determine a priority associated with the request based on the service type; and

where the one or more instructions to determine the priority class further cause the processor to;

determine the priority class based on the priority associated with the request.

18. The computer readable medium of claim 14, where the instructions further comprise:

one or more instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to;

start one or more new instances of a cloud resource based on allocating the one or more cloud resources.

19. The computer readable medium of claim 14, where the instructions further comprise:

one or more instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to;

determine a load associated with the one or more cloud resources; and

where the one or more instructions to allocate the one or more cloud resources further cause the processor to;

allocate the one or more cloud resources to provide the service to the device based on the load associated with the one or more cloud resources.

20. The computer readable medium of claim 14, where the instructions further comprise:

one or more instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to;

simulate a behavior of a network associated with providing the service to the device; and

determine performance data associated with simulating the behavior of the network; and

where the one or more instructions to allocate the one or more cloud resources further cause the processor to;

allocate, based on the performance data and based on the quality of service requirements, the one or more cloud resources to provide the service to the device via the network.