Quality of service adjustments to improve network utilization
First Claim
1. One or more computer storage media comprising computer-executable instructions configured to program one or more computing devices of a telecommunication network to perform operations including:
- receiving an indication that a client device of the telecommunication network is consuming data associated with a specific application or with a specific data type;
in response to receiving the indication, reducing an application-specific or data-type-specific content-quality level associated with a content-quality offered by the telecommunication network when providing the data associated with the application or the data type to the client device,receiving a second indication that consumption of data of the client device over the telecommunication network has exceeded a threshold; and
in response to receiving the second indication, reducing a maximum bit rate at which the client device is able to communicate with the telecommunication network and increasing the previously reduced content-quality level.
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Abstract
Devices of a telecommunication network described herein are configured to reduce a service level associated with a quality of service offered by the telecommunication network to a user. The devices may reduce the service level responsive to data consumption by the user exceeding a threshold or responsive to data consumption associated with an application or data type. Also, the devices may be configured to increase a video-conversation-specific service level responsive to determining that a client device of the user is establishing a video conversation.
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18 Claims
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1. One or more computer storage media comprising computer-executable instructions configured to program one or more computing devices of a telecommunication network to perform operations including:
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receiving an indication that a client device of the telecommunication network is consuming data associated with a specific application or with a specific data type; in response to receiving the indication, reducing an application-specific or data-type-specific content-quality level associated with a content-quality offered by the telecommunication network when providing the data associated with the application or the data type to the client device, receiving a second indication that consumption of data of the client device over the telecommunication network has exceeded a threshold; and in response to receiving the second indication, reducing a maximum bit rate at which the client device is able to communicate with the telecommunication network and increasing the previously reduced content-quality level. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method comprising:
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receiving, by a computing device of the telecommunication network, an indication that a client device of the telecommunication network is establishing a video conversation; in response to receiving the indication, increasing, by the computing device, a video-conversation-specific service level associated with a quality of service offered by the telecommunication network when providing data associated with the video conversation; receiving a second indication that consumption of data by a user of the client device over the telecommunication network has exceeded a threshold; in response to receiving the second indication, and while the video-conversation-specific service level is increased, reducing an additional service level associated with a second quality of service provided by the telecommunication network to the user, the additional service level to be applied for data consumption unrelated to the video conversation; receiving a third indication that consumption of data by the user of the client device over the telecommunication network has exceeded a second threshold; and in response to receiving the third indication, reducing a maximum bit rate at which the client device is able to communicate with the telecommunication network and increasing the previously reduced additional service level. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system associated with a telecommunication network, comprising:
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one or more processors; and instructions configured to be executed on the one or more processors to program one or more computing devices of the telecommunication network to perform operations including; receiving a first indication that a client device of the telecommunication network is establishing a video conversation; in response to receiving the first indication, increasing a video-conversation-specific service level associated with a first quality of service offered by the telecommunication network when providing data associated with the video conversation; receiving a second indication that consumption of data by a user of the client device over the telecommunication network has exceeded a threshold; in response to receiving the second indication, and while the video-conversation-specific service level is increased, reducing an additional service level associated with a second quality of service provided by the telecommunication network to the user, the additional service level to be applied for data consumption unrelated to the video conversation; receiving a third indication that consumption of data by the user of the client device over the telecommunication network has exceeded a second threshold; and in response to receiving the third indication, reducing a maximum bit rate at which the client device is able to communicate with the telecommunication network and increasing the previously reduced additional service level associated with the second quality of service.
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