Method, system and computer storage medium for bandwidth optimization of network application

• US 9,755,935 B2
• Filed: 01/31/2014
• Issued: 09/05/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/02/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tencent Technology Shenzhen Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Original Assignee: Tencent Technology Shenzhen Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Inventors: Meng, Qiyuan, Liu, Zhao
• Primary Examiner(s): Wang, Liangche A
• Assistant Examiner(s): Woldemariam, Ayele
• Application Number:
  US14/169,304
• Publication Number:
  US 20140215061A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,313 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0896 Bandwidth or capacity management, i.e. automatically increasing or decreasing capacities flow or congestion control using dynamic resource allocation, e.g. in-call renegotiation, H04L47/76
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0882 Utilisation of link capacity
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/2441 relying on flow classification, e.g. using integrated services [IntServ]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/2475 for supporting traffic characterised by the type of applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/61 taking into account QoS or priority requirements

Abstract

A method for bandwidth optimization of network application is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: classifying and identifying running network applications according to a set profile, and obtaining network applications of a first category; estimating the bandwidth of the running network applications, and obtaining an available bandwidth of network applications of the first category; obtaining bandwidth occupied by network applications of the first category, and determining whether the bandwidth occupied by network applications of the first category is higher than the available bandwidth; and if yes, then adjusting the bandwidth occupied by network applications of the first category. By the above method, system and computer-readable storage medium for bandwidth optimization, the possibility of network congestion is reduced, and the network fluency of the network applications of the system is improved.

Claims

1. A method for bandwidth optimization of network application that access network bandwidth, comprising:

classifying and identifying running network applications according to a set profile and obtaining network applications of a first category;

estimating bandwidth of the running network applications and obtaining available bandwidth of network applications of the first category;

obtaining bandwidth occupied by network applications of the first category and determining whether the bandwidth occupied by network applications of the first category is higher than the available bandwidth; and

when the bandwidth occupied by network applications of the first category is higher than the available bandwidth, then

adjusting the bandwidth occupied by network applications of the first category by calculating an excess ratio of the bandwidth occupied by the network applications of the first category to available bandwidth, selecting the network applications of the first category according to a descending order of the bandwidth occupied and reducing the bandwidth occupied by the network applications of the first category according to a sum of the excess ratio and a preset ratio, whereby the network bandwidth accessed by the network applications of the first category is optimized,

wherein the step of classifying and identifying running network applications according to a set profile, and obtaining network applications of a first category comprises;

obtaining a corresponding attribute value of the running network application;

determining whether the attribute value is recorded in the profile based on comparison of the attribute value and the set profile; and

when the attribute value is recorded in the profile based on comparison of the attribute value and the set profile, then

obtaining the category of the running network application based on a corresponding relationship between the category of the running network application recorded in the profile and the attribute value, and wherein the categories comprise a first category, a second category and a third category,

the network applications of the first category are downloading software;

the network applications of the second category are browser software; and

the network applications of the third category are core processes of system software,

the step of estimating the network bandwidth of the running network applications and obtaining an available bandwidth of network applications of the first category comprises;

obtaining total network bandwidth;

obtaining a network bandwidth occupied by the network applications of the third category, and obtaining a network bandwidth difference between the total network bandwidth and a network bandwidth occupied by the network applications of the third category as a network bandwidth surplus;

obtaining a corresponding bandwidth estimation by estimating the network bandwidth of the network applications of the second category;

obtaining a corresponding available bandwidth of the network applications of the first category by subtraction of a network bandwidth surplus and the bandwidth estimation, and

the step of obtaining the corresponding bandwidth estimation by estimating the network bandwidth of the network applications of the second category comprises;

calculating a percentage of the bandwidth occupied by the network applications of the second category to the total network bandwidth;

obtaining a gradient range of a percentage of the bandwidth occupied by network applications of the second category to the total bandwidth; and

taking a maximum value of the gradient range as the bandwidth estimation.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of obtaining the total network bandwidth further comprises:

monitoring a network transmission and obtaining a bandwidth of network transmission;

obtaining a maximum bandwidth of network transmission in a preset time period;

taking a larger value of the maximum bandwidth of network transmission corresponding to two consecutive periods as total network bandwidth.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein after the step of taking the larger value of the maximum bandwidth of network transmission corresponding to two consecutive periods as the total network bandwidth, the method further comprises:

determining whether the bandwidth of network transmission in a preset time period is lower than the total network bandwidth; and

when the bandwidth of network transmission in a preset time period is lower than the total network bandwidth, then

taking a maximum value of the bandwidth of network transmission in the preset time period and replacing the total network bandwidth with the maximum value.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein after the step of taking the maximum value of the gradient range as the bandwidth estimation, the method further comprises:

replacing the bandwidth estimation with the difference between the bandwidth estimation and a set value.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of adjusting the bandwidth occupied by network applications of the first category further comprises:

repeating the step of obtaining the bandwidth occupied by the network applications of the first category.

6. A system for bandwidth optimization of network applications, comprising:

non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon executable instructions for performing a method to classify and identify running network applications according to a set profile and to obtain network applications of a first category;

to estimate bandwidth of the running network applications and to obtain available bandwidth of the network applications of the first category;

to obtain bandwidth occupied by the network applications of the first category and to determine whether the bandwidth occupied by the network applications of the first category is higher than the available bandwidth; and

when the bandwidth occupied by the network applications of the first category is higher than the available bandwidth, adjusting the bandwidth occupied by the network applications of the first category by calculating an excess ratio of the bandwidth occupied by network applications of the first category to the available bandwidth, selecting the network applications of the first category according to a descending order of the bandwidth occupied, reducing the bandwidth occupied by network applications of the first category according to a sum of the excess ratio and a preset ratio, whereby the network bandwidth accessed by the network applications of the first category is optimized;

the classifying and identifying running network applications according to a set profile, and obtaining network applications of a first category comprises obtaining a corresponding attribute value of the running network application, determining whether the attribute value is recorded in the profile based on comparison of the attribute value and the set profile; and

when the attribute value is recorded in the profile based on comparison of the attribute value and the set profile, then obtaining the category of the running network application based on a corresponding relationship between the category of the running network application recorded in the profile and the attribute value;

the categories comprise a first category, a second category and a third category, and the network applications of the first category are downloading software, the network applications of the second category are browser software, and the network applications of the third category are core processes of system software;

the estimating the network bandwidth of the running network applications and obtaining an available bandwidth of network applications of the first category comprises obtaining total network bandwidth, obtaining a network bandwidth occupied by the network applications of the third category, and obtaining a network bandwidth difference between the total network bandwidth and a network bandwidth occupied by the network applications of the third category as a network bandwidth surplus, obtaining a corresponding bandwidth estimation by estimating the network bandwidth of the network applications of the second category, obtaining a corresponding available bandwidth of the network applications of the first category by subtraction of a network bandwidth surplus and the bandwidth estimation, wherein obtaining a corresponding bandwidth estimation by estimating the network bandwidth of the network applications of the second category includes calculating the percentage of bandwidth occupied by the network applications of the second category to total network bandwidth, obtaining a gradient range of the percentage of the bandwidth occupied by network applications of the second category to the total bandwidth, and taking a maximum value of the gradient range as the bandwidth estimation; and

at least one terminal coupled to the storage medium configured to execute the executable instructions to cause the control system to perform the method.

7. The system of claim 6, further comprising:

monitoring the network transmission and obtaining a bandwidth of the network transmission; and

obtaining a maximum bandwidth of network transmission corresponding to a preset time period and taking a larger value of maximum bandwidth of network transmission corresponding to two consecutive periods as the total network bandwidth.

8. The system of claim 7, further comprising:

determining whether the bandwidth of network transmission in a preset time period is lower than the total network bandwidth;

when the bandwidth of network transmission in a preset time period is lower than the total network bandwidth, then;

taking a maximum value of the bandwidth of network transmission in the preset time period and replacing the total network bandwidth with the maximum value.

9. The system of claim 6, further comprising:

replacing the bandwidth estimation with a difference between the bandwidth estimation and a set value.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing mobile terminal-executable instructions which, when executed, control a mobile terminal to perform a method for bandwidth optimization of network applications that access network bandwidth, the method comprising:

classifying and identifying running network applications according to a set profile and obtaining network applications of a first category;

estimating bandwidth of running network applications and obtaining available bandwidth of network applications of the first category;

obtaining bandwidth occupied by network applications of the first category and determining whether the bandwidth occupied by network applications of the first category is higher than the available bandwidth; and

when the bandwidth occupied by network applications of the first category is higher than the available bandwidth, then

adjusting the bandwidth occupied by network applications of the first category by calculating an excess ratio of the bandwidth occupied by the network applications of the first category to available bandwidth, selecting the network applications of the first category according to a descending order of the bandwidth occupied and reducing the bandwidth occupied by the network applications of the first category according to a sum of the excess ratio and a preset ratio, whereby the network bandwidth accessed by the network applications of the first category is optimized,

wherein the step of classifying and identifying running network applications according to a set profile, and obtaining network applications of a first category comprises;

obtaining a corresponding attribute value of the running network application;

determining whether the attribute value is recorded in the profile based on comparison of the attribute value and the set profile; and

when the attribute value is recorded in the profile based on comparison of the attribute value and the set profile, then

obtaining the category of the running network application based on a corresponding relationship between the category of the running network application recorded in the profile and the attribute value, and wherein the categories comprise a first category, a second category and a third category,

the network applications of the first category are downloading software;

the network applications of the second category are browser software; and

the network applications of the third category are core processes of system software; and

the step of estimating the network bandwidth of the running network applications and obtaining an available bandwidth of network applications of the first category comprises;

obtaining total network bandwidth;

obtaining a network bandwidth occupied by the network applications of the third category, and obtaining a network bandwidth difference between the total network bandwidth and a network bandwidth occupied by the network applications of the third category as a network bandwidth surplus;

obtaining a corresponding bandwidth estimation by estimating the network bandwidth of the network applications of the second category;

obtaining a corresponding available bandwidth of the network applications of the first category by subtraction of a network bandwidth surplus and the bandwidth estimation, and

the step of obtaining the corresponding bandwidth estimation by estimating the network bandwidth of the network applications of the second category comprises;

calculating a percentage of the bandwidth occupied by the network applications of the second category to the total network bandwidth;

obtaining a gradient range of a percentage of the bandwidth occupied by network applications of the second category to the total bandwidth, and

taking a maximum value of the gradient range as the bandwidth estimation.