Managing quality of service in a communication network for applications
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1. A communication network comprising:
- a network service manager that is configured to receive quality of service requests from a service provider for each of a plurality of applications that are hosted by the service provider and that will communicate data packets across the communication network, configured to determine what quality of service is available in the communication network, the network service manager is further configured to allocate a level of network communication quality of service to particular ones of the applications of the service provider in response to corresponding quality of service requests for the particular applications and the quality of service that is determined to be available in the communication network, and the network service manager is further configured to manage network communication quality of service that is provided by the communication network to network communications from the individual applications of the service provider in response to the network communication quality of service levels allocated to the respective individual applications.
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Abstract
Quality of Service (QoS) in a communication network is managed. A service provider requests a level of QoS for communication in the communication network using a QoS request. The requested level of QoS may be allocated to the service provider based on the QoS request. The service provider may make the QoS request on its own initiative and/or in response to a request from an application that is hosted by the service provider. A QoS level may then be allocated to the service provider and/or to particular applications that are hosted by the service provider.
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1. A communication network comprising:
a network service manager that is configured to receive quality of service requests from a service provider for each of a plurality of applications that are hosted by the service provider and that will communicate data packets across the communication network, configured to determine what quality of service is available in the communication network, the network service manager is further configured to allocate a level of network communication quality of service to particular ones of the applications of the service provider in response to corresponding quality of service requests for the particular applications and the quality of service that is determined to be available in the communication network, and the network service manager is further configured to manage network communication quality of service that is provided by the communication network to network communications from the individual applications of the service provider in response to the network communication quality of service levels allocated to the respective individual applications. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A communication network comprising:
a network service manager that is configured to allocate a different network communication quality of service level to each one of a plurality of internet protocol addresses associated with different applications of a service provider by evaluating quality of service that is available in the communication network and by allocating a level of network communication quality of service to the IP addresses associated with particular ones of the applications of the service provider in response to a quality of service request that is received from each of the particular applications and the evaluation of the quality of service available in the communication network, and is configured to manage network communication quality of service that is provided by the communication network to network communications from individual ones of the applications in response to the network communication quality of service levels allocated to the associated IP addresses.
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