Opportunistic service management for elastic applications

• US 9,414,401 B2
• Filed: 12/15/2008
• Issued: 08/09/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/15/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Majmundar, Milap, Tofighbakhsh, Mostafa
• Primary Examiner(s): Hussain, Imad
• Application Number:
  US12/335,323
• Publication Number:
  US 20100153555A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,794 Days
• Field of Search: 709/224, 709/203, 709/217, 709/225, 370/224, 370/229, 370/230, 370/394, 370/395.21, 455/445, 455/522, 726/1
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/50 Network service management, e.g. ensuring proper service fulfilment according to agreements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/0268 using specific QoS parameters for wireless networks, e.g. QoS class identifier [QCI] or guaranteed bit rate [GBR] negotiating SLA or negotiating QoS H04W28/24
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/24 Negotiating SLA [Service Level Agreement]; Negotiating QoS [Quality of Service]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/535 based on resource usage policies
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/543 based on requested quality, e.g. QoS

Abstract

Methods and systems for facilitating management of elastic applications in a wireless environment are provided. The methods and systems include determining a degree of elasticity for wireless applications having varying degrees of elasticity. Traffic entities generated by wireless application are then scheduled for transmission to an end user device as a function of the particular degree of elasticity corresponding to the wireless application.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising;

storing tolerance data that comprises a display limitation of a device in communication with the system via a network device;

determining a degree of elasticity for a wireless application of wireless applications having varying degrees of elasticity based at least in part on the tolerance data that comprises the display limitation, comprising generating, based on the tolerance data that comprises the display limitation, a schedule for a first transmission of a first traffic entity related to the wireless application and a second transmission of a second traffic entity related to the wireless application;

transmitting, at a first scheduled time according to the schedule, the first traffic entity to the device via the network device; and

transmitting, at a second scheduled time that is different than the first scheduled time according to the schedule, the second traffic entity to the device via the network device.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the tolerance data further comprises a preference received from the device.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the tolerance data further comprises a preference received from an identity associated with an enterprise identity.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the tolerance data further comprises network policy data.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the network policy data comprises service level agreement data.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the tolerance data further comprises dynamic network condition data.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise receiving the first traffic entity and assembling the first traffic entity according to a characterization associated with the first traffic entity.

8. The system of claim 3, wherein the enterprise preference comprises a rule for prioritizing transmission of a data type included in the first traffic entity based at least in part on a function of the first wireless application.

9. A method, comprising:

ascertaining, by a system comprising a processor, tolerance data that comprises a display limitation for a device in communication with the system via a network device;

determining, by the system, a first degree of elasticity for a first wireless application and a second degree of elasticity for a second wireless application based at least in part on the tolerance data that comprises the display limitation;

scheduling, by the system, a first transmission for the first wireless application to the device via the network device based at least in part on the first degree of elasticity associated with the tolerance data that comprises the display limitation; and

scheduling, by the system, a second transmission for the second wireless application to the device via the network device based at least in part on the second degree of elasticity associated with the tolerance data that comprises the display limitation.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising characterizing, by the system, the first wireless application based at least in part on the tolerance data, wherein the scheduling the first transmission is based at least in part on the characterizing.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising ascertaining, by the system, quality of experience data, and mapping the first wireless application to a quality of experience represented by the quality of experience data.

12. The method of claim 10, further comprising ascertaining, by the system, quality of service data, and mapping the first wireless application to a quality of service represented by the quality of service data.

13. The method of claim 9, further comprising receiving, by the system, traffic entities associated with the first wireless application, and assembling, by the system, a traffic entity included in the traffic entities based on a characterization associated with the traffic entity.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the characterization is based on data associated with the first wireless application.

15. The method of claim 9, further comprising receiving, by the system, network mitigation data, wherein the scheduling is based at least in part on the network mitigation data.

16. The method of claim 9, further comprising transmitting, by the system, network mitigation data, the network mitigation data indicating a format for receiving traffic entities associated with the first wireless application.

17. The method of claim 9, further comprising characterizing, by the system, traffic entities based at least in part on enterprise data indicative of enterprise preferences, including rules for prioritizing transmission of data types based at least in part on a function of the first wireless application.

18. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:

determining tolerance data, including display data, for a device in communication with the system via a network device;

characterizing an elasticity of a wireless application included in wireless applications having varying degrees of elasticity based on the display data; and

transmitting traffic entities generated by the wireless application via the network device as a function of a result of the characterizing of the elasticity of the wireless application based on the display data.

19. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the determining the tolerance data comprises receiving a preference from an identity associated with an enterprise identity.

20. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the determining the tolerance data comprises determining a rule for prioritizing transmission of data types based on a function of the wireless application.