Real time control architecture for admission control in communications network
First Claim
1. A method of controlling admission of communication signal data over a communications network comprising a plurality of node elements linked by a plurality of link elements, said method comprising the steps of:
- collecting a plurality of admission control policy data each relating to an admission control policy for admitting communications traffic data to a said node element;
determining a new admission control policy data from said plurality of collected current admission control policy data, wherein said step of determining comprises generating a simulated performance data from said new admission control policy data; and
operating said new admission control policy data at said plurality of node elements.
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Abstract
A communications network comprising N node elements operates N decision tables for controlling admission and control of data communications to the N node elements (FIG. 2). The performance of the network is optimised with respect to admission and control of commission data. Each node element generates corresponding performance data (FIG. 5), and the N decision tables and N performance data are collected at a central network controller. The network controller determines a set of new decision tables from the collected decision tables (FIG. 10) and distributes a new set of decision tables to each of the N node elements, which then proceed to operate the new decision tables throughout the network.
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13 Claims
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1. A method of controlling admission of communication signal data over a communications network comprising a plurality of node elements linked by a plurality of link elements, said method comprising the steps of:
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collecting a plurality of admission control policy data each relating to an admission control policy for admitting communications traffic data to a said node element; determining a new admission control policy data from said plurality of collected current admission control policy data, wherein said step of determining comprises generating a simulated performance data from said new admission control policy data; and operating said new admission control policy data at said plurality of node elements. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A communications network comprising:
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a plurality of node elements and a plurality of link elements; and an admission control policy data generator for generating an admission control policy data for controlling admission of communications traffic data to the network, said admission control policy data generator further comprising; a processor element for processing said admission control policy data, said processor element configured for operating to;
input a population of data strings corresponding to a population of admission control policy data;
evaluate said population of data strings;
select individual data strings of said population in accordance with the result of said evaluations; and
evolve said selected data strings to create a new population of data strings corresponding to a new population of admission control policy data; and
wherein;each said node element admits input traffic data in accordance with an admission control policy data stored locally at said node element; each said node element periodically transmits said admission control policy data to said admission control policy data generator; and said admission control policy data generator operates to generate a new admission control policy data depending on a plurality of said admission policy data received from said plurality of node elements.
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10. A method of implementing transmission of communications signal data over a communications network comprising a plurality of node elements connected by a plurality of link elements, said method comprising the steps of:
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admitting communications data to each node element in accordance with a set of admission control policy data; generating a respective performance data at each node element, said performance data describing a performance of said node element; collecting said performance data corresponding to a plurality of said node elements; and generating new admission control policy data depending on said collected performance data, wherein said step of generating new admission control policy data comprises generating a simulated performance data from said new admission control policy data.
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11. A method of generating an admission control policy data for controlling transmission of communications traffic data over a communications network comprising a plurality of node elements linked by a plurality of link elements, said method comprising the steps of:
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representing a plurality of admission control policy data as a population of data strings; evolving said population of data strings by data processing operations selected from the set of reproduction, cross-over and mutation, to obtain an evolved population of data strings; generating a respective fitness data corresponding to each said string data; and selecting one or a plurality of data strings of said evolved population in accordance with said fitness data, said selected strings comprising a next generation population of data strings. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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