Method and apparatus for network service reservations over wireless access networks
First Claim
1. A method for managing resource services between terminals in communication networks, the method comprising the steps of:
- sending a resource reservation request, for service between a service client terminal and one or more terminals, to a service broker (SB) in an access network, wherein each terminal is a wireless or a wired terminal and each terminal is a fixed or a mobile terminal;
upon receiving the resource reservation request in advance of, or at the time of, the need for the resource,the service broker providing wireless service for a specific geographic area by identifying the most suitable access technology out of all possible available access technologies to provide the requested service;
responsive to the reservation request, the SB setting up reservations for the requested service bycommunicating with a geographic domain server (GDS) to determine the geographic location corresponding to the requested resource service;
communicating with a radio bearer broker (RBB) coupled to the access network associated with each of the one or more terminals to determine whether there is sufficient resources available and to gain admission to each associated access network;
communicating with a bandwidth broker (BB) to determine whether there are sufficient resources for the requested service in the BB'"'"'s muting domain, and to make an advance resource reservation or an immediate reservation; and
allocating the requested resources to the service client terminal and the one or more terminals.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus are provided for reserving resources in a wireline network from a wireless network. A resource reservation request is made by a service client to a service broker. The service broker contacts a bandwidth broker to determine the available resources in the wireline network. The service broker also contacts a geographical domain server for information related to wireless access for the requested reservation. Using information provided by the geographical domain server, the service broker contacts a radio bearer broker to determine the resources available in a particular wireless network. Based upon the information provided by bandwidth brokers and radio bearer brokers, the service client can reserve the requested resources.
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1. A method for managing resource services between terminals in communication networks, the method comprising the steps of:
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sending a resource reservation request, for service between a service client terminal and one or more terminals, to a service broker (SB) in an access network, wherein each terminal is a wireless or a wired terminal and each terminal is a fixed or a mobile terminal; upon receiving the resource reservation request in advance of, or at the time of, the need for the resource, the service broker providing wireless service for a specific geographic area by identifying the most suitable access technology out of all possible available access technologies to provide the requested service; responsive to the reservation request, the SB setting up reservations for the requested service by communicating with a geographic domain server (GDS) to determine the geographic location corresponding to the requested resource service; communicating with a radio bearer broker (RBB) coupled to the access network associated with each of the one or more terminals to determine whether there is sufficient resources available and to gain admission to each associated access network; communicating with a bandwidth broker (BB) to determine whether there are sufficient resources for the requested service in the BB'"'"'s muting domain, and to make an advance resource reservation or an immediate reservation; and allocating the requested resources to the service client terminal and the one or more terminals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 25)
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13. An apparatus for managing resource services between terminals in communication networks, the apparatus comprising:
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a service broker (SB) in an access network adapted for receiving a resource reservation request for service between a service client terminal and one or more terminals, wherein each terminal is a wireless or a wired terminal and each terminal is a fixed or a mobile terminal; the service broker, upon receiving the resource reservation request in advance of, or at the time of, the need for the resource, providing wireless service for a specific geographic area by identifying the most suitable access technology out of all possible available access technologies to provide the requested service and setting up reservations for the requested service by communicating with a geographic domain server (GDS) to determine the geographic location corresponding to the requested resource service; communicating with a radio bearer broker (RBB) coupled to the access network associated with each of the one or more terminals to determine whether there is sufficient resources available and to gain admission to each associated access network; communicating with a bandwidth broker (BB) to determine whether there are sufficient resources for the requested service in the BB'"'"'s routing domain, and to make an advance resource reservation or an immediate reservation; and the service broker adapted to allocate the requested resources to the service client terminal and the one or more terminals. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26)
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