Adaptive allocation of server resources

• US 9,917,746 B2
• Filed: 11/04/2014
• Issued: 03/13/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 11/04/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Futurewei Technologies Incorporated (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Futurewei Technologies Incorporated (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Ding, Xinmin, Gan, Yilin, Ren, Huipeng
• Primary Examiner(s): SALL, EL HADJI MALICK
• Application Number:
  US14/532,507
• Publication Number:
  US 20160127199A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,225 Days
• Field of Search: 709226, 709203, 709217
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5051 Service on demand, e.g. definition and deployment of services in real time
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services

Abstract

A method of dynamically allocating media resources includes providing a plurality of microservices in a signaling server and receiving, by one of the microservices, a call message from a client capable of browser-to-browser communications. The call message includes an identifier specifying a target. The identifier is send by the microservice to a cache with a request for capability information of the target. The cache is configured to retrieve the capability information of the target using the identifier. The microservice receives the capability information of the target from the cache. The microservice sends a media resource request to a service directory server coupled to a plurality of media servers when the capability information of the target indicates that the target is not capable of browser-to-browser communications, and initiates browser-to-browser communications between the client and the target when the capability information of the target indicates the target is capable of browser-to-browser communications.

Claims

1. A service discovery server capable of dynamically allocating media server resources, comprising:

a memory comprising instructions; and

a processor operably coupled to the memory, the processor executing the instructions to;

receive a media resource request from one of a plurality of microservices in a signaling server, the media resource request indicating that a target is not capable of browser-to-browser communications with a client;

allocate at least one of the plurality of microservices in a media server in response to receipt of the media resource request such that the client is capable of engaging in communications with the target, each of the plurality of microservices in the media server being configured to convert a data stream into a format that is compatible with the target;

determine whether additional microservices are needed to support the communications between the client and the target prior to the communications between the client and the target starting; and

allocate the additional microservices to the client and the target when a number of the microservices needed to support the communications between the client and the target is below a predetermined threshold.

2. The service discovery server of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to communicate with the signaling server through a first discovery agent in the signaling server, and wherein the processor is configured to communicate with the media server through a second discovery agent in the media server.

3. The service discovery server of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to allocate the additional microservices in a second media server to support the communications between the client and the target.

4. A method of dynamically allocating media server resources, comprising:

receiving, by a service discovery server capable of dynamically allocating media server resources, a media resource request from one of a plurality of microservices in a signaling server, the media resource request indicating that a target is not capable of browser-to-browser communications with a client;

allocating at least one of the plurality of microservices in a media server in response to receipt of the media resource request such that the client is capable of engaging in communications with the target, each of the plurality of microservices in the media server being configured to convert a data stream into a format that is compatible with the target;

determining whether additional microservices are needed to support the communications between the client and the target prior to the communications between the client and the target starting; and

allocating the additional microservices to the client and the target when a number of the microservices needed to support the communications between the client and the target is below a predetermined threshold.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising communicating with the signaling server through a first discovery agent in the signaling server, and communicating with the media server through a second discovery agent in the media server.

6. The method of claim 4, further comprising allocating the additional microservices in a second media server to support the communications between the client and the target.

7. A service discovery server capable of dynamically allocating media server resources, comprising:

a memory comprising instructions; and

a processor operably coupled to the memory, the processor executing the instructions to;

receive a media resource request from one of a plurality of microservices in a signaling server, the media resource request indicating that a target is not capable of browser-to-browser communications with a client; and

allocate at least one of the plurality of microservices in a media server in response to receipt of the media resource request such that the client is capable of engaging in communications with the target, each of the plurality of microservices in the media server being configured to convert a data stream into a format that is compatible with the target,

the processor being configured to allocate additional microservices to the client and the target when a number of the microservices needed to support the communications between the client and the target is below a predetermined threshold.

8. The service discovery server of claim 7, wherein the processor is configured to communicate with the signaling server through a first discovery agent in the signaling server.

9. The service discovery server of claim 7, wherein the processor is configured to communicate with the media server through a second discovery agent in the media server.

10. The service discovery server of claim 7, wherein the processor is configured to allocate the additional microservices in a second media server to support the communications between the client and the target.