Resource configuration method, server, network equipment and network system

• US 8,631,098 B2
• Filed: 08/21/2009
• Issued: 01/14/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Tang, Lei
• Primary Examiner(s): Lazaro, David
• Assistant Examiner(s): HUQ, FARZANA B
• Application Number:
  US12/545,489
• Publication Number:
  US 20090327455A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,607 Days
• Field of Search: 709220-222, 709/224, 709/226
• US Class Current: 709/220
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/082 the condition being updates or upgrades of network functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0853 by actively collecting configuration information or by backing up configuration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0856 by backing up or archiving configuration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/70 Admission control; Resource allocation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/781 Centralised allocation of resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/822 Collecting or measuring resource availability data
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/4541 Directories for service discovery
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/5237 Interconnection arrangements between ACD systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 3/0062 Provisions for network management

Abstract

A resource configuration method, a server, a network equipment, and a network system are provided. The resource configuration method includes performing a resource configuration on a network equipment according to a resource requirement of the network equipment and updated resource configuration information. The resource configuration information includes resource registration information reported by each of network equipments in a network. By implementing the present invention, the number of lookups for the resources is reduced and the process thereof is shortened, thereby achieving an effective resource allocation. In the case that an update frequency is fast enough, a search for resources is realized by one lookup. With such dynamic resource configuration information, the resource allocation is performed quickly and the waste of processing capacity of the server is avoided effectively.

Claims

1. A resource configuration method, comprising:

automatically updating, by a server, resource configuration information of the server according to resource registration information reported by each of network equipments in a network wherein the resource registration information is resorted s b each of network equipments in the network when a reporting period or time point for the resource registration information set in the network equipment is reached; and

performing a resource configuration on one of the network equipments according to a resource requirement request of the network equipment and the updated resource configuration information, wherein the resource configuration information comprises the resource registration information reported by each of the network equipments in the network, the resource registration information comprises a resource type, a resource availability, and an equipment ID of the network equipment containing resources, and the resource type includes at least one of the following;

sound, fax, conference, video and picture,

wherein the performing the resource configuration on the network equipment according to the resource requirement request of the network equipment and the updated resource configuration information comprises;

looking up the currently stored updated resource configuration information to determine whether a network equipment in the network possesses resources requested by a first network equipment according to a received resource requirement request sent by the first network equipment; and

sending to network equipment a configuration control message indicating the network equipment to send the resources requested directly to the first network equipment if the network equipment possessing the resources requested exists in the network wherein the resources are packetized with a compression algorithm and the packetized resources are sent through a standard voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP) protocol communication in the form of IP data packets; and

sending a request failed message to the first network equipment if the network equipment possessing the resources requested does not exist in the network.

2. The resource configuration method according to claim 1, the resource registration information is reported by each of the network equipments in the network also when a change of the resources is contained in the network equipment, or the network equipment is required to report a request of a resource possession condition of the network equipment.

3. The resource configuration method according to claim 2, before the automatically updating the resource configuration information of the network equipment, the method further comprising:

judging whether the received resource registration information is contained in the current resource configuration information or not; and

updating the resource configuration information of the network equipment if the received resource registration information is not contained in the current resource configuration information.

4. The resource configuration method according to claim 1, after the sending of the configuration control message the method further comprises:

marking an availability of the resources of the network equipment to indicate that the resources are occupied.

5. The resource configuration method according to claim 1, before the looking up the currently stored resource configuration information to determine whether any network equipment possessing the resources requested exists in the network, the method further comprising:

sending a resource updating request to each of the network equipments in the network to cause each of the network equipments to report a resource possession condition;

receiving the resource registration information reported by each of the network equipments according to the resource updating request; and

updating the currently stored resource configuration information according to the resource registration information reported by each of the network equipments.

11. The resource configuration method according to claim 2, the reporting period is every 100ms and the time point is at 12 o'"'"'clock every day.

12. The resource configuration method according to claim 2, the change of the resources contained in the network equipment comprises a change of the quantity of the resources, a change of the resource percentage, a change of a resource status from idle to occupied.

6. A server, comprising:

a resource update device, configured to update resource configuration information of the server according to resource registration information reported by each of network equipments in a network wherein the resource registration information is resorted s b each of network equipments in the network when a reporting period or time point for the resource registration information set in the network equipment is reached; and

a configuration control device, configured to perform a resource configuration on the network equipment according to a resource requirement request of the network equipment and the resource configuration information updated by the resource update device,

wherein the resource configuration information comprises the resource registration information, the resource registration information comprises a resource type, a resource availability, and an equipment ID of the network equipment containing resources, and the resource type includes at least one of the following;

sound, fax, conference, video and picture,

wherein the configuration control device comprises;

a second receiving device configured to receive a resource requirement request sent by a first network equipment;

a lookup device configured to look up currently stored resource configuration information to determine whether an network equipment in the network possesses the resources requested b the first network equipment according to the resource requirement request received by the second receiving device; and

a sending device configured to send to a network equipment a configuration control message indicating the network equipment to send the resource requested directly to the first network equipment if the network includes the network equipment having the resources requested, wherein the resources are packetized with a compression algorithm and the packetized resources are sent through a standard voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP) protocol communication in the form of IP data packets;

if the network does not include the network equipment having the resources requested send a request failed message to the first network equipment.

7. The server according to claim 6, further comprising:

a first receiving device, configured to receive resource registration information reported by the network equipment; and

a first judgment device, configured to judge whether the resource registration information received by the receiving device is contained in currently stored resource configuration information or not;

wherein the resource update device automatically updates the resource configuration information of the server according to the resource registration information reported by the network equipment upon receiving a negative result output by the first judgment device.

8. The server according to claim 6, wherein the configuration control device further comprises:

a marking device, configured to mark an availability of the resources of the network equipment after the lookup device finds that the network equipment having the resources requested exists in the network, wherein the mark indicates that the resources are occupied.

9. A network equipment, comprising:

a detection device, configured to detect whether a triggering condition for reporting resource registration information is reached or not; and

a sending device, configured to report the resource registration information of the network equipment to a server when the triggering condition is reached,

wherein the resource registration information comprises a resource type, a resource availability, and an equipment ID of the network equipment containing resources, and the resource type includes at least one of the following;

sound, fax, conference, video and picture;

the sending device is further configured to, after the server sends to the network equipment a configuration control message indicating the network equipment to directly send resources to a first network equipment packetize the resources required by the first network equipment with a compression algorithm and directly send the packetized resources to the first network equipment through a standard voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP) protocol communication in the form of IP data packets wherein the server sends to the network equipment the configuration control message when the server looks up a currently stored updated resource configuration information and determines the network equipment possesses the resources required by the first network equipment and

the detection device comprises a second detection device, configured to detect whether a reporting period or time point for the resource registration information set in the network equipment is reached or not, and notify the sending device to report the resource registration information of the network equipment to the server when the reporting period or time point for the resource registration information set in the network equipment is reached.

10. The network equipment according to claim 9, the detection device further comprises at least one of the following devices:

a first detection device, configured to detect whether the resources contained in the network equipment change or not, and notify the sending device to report the resource registration information of the network equipment to the server when the resources contained in the equipment change; and

a third detection device, configured to detect whether the network equipment receives a request that requires the network equipment to report a resource possession condition thereof, and notify the sending device to report the resource registration information of the network equipment to the server when the network equipment receives the request.