System and method for enabling balanced resource utilization

• US 20060092852A1
• Filed: 11/01/2004
• Published: 05/04/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 11/01/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Viavi Solutions, Inc. (Lumentum Holdings Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Agilent Technologies, Inc.
• Inventors: Janes, Stephen D.
• Granted Patent: US 7,505,419 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/252
• 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 43/0876 Network utilisation, e.g. volume of load or congestion level
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/00 Supervisory, monitoring or testing arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/02 Traffic management, e.g. flow control or congestion control

Abstract

A system and method to enable balanced resource utilization during testing of a wireless communications network. The system and method determines the properties, including the status, for resources, and stores the properties for later comparison. Utilization information is calculated from the properties and provided to the user based on criteria from user-specified resource filters. Balanced resource utilization is enabled based on the utilization information.

Claims

1. A system for enabling balanced resource utilization, of at least one resource during wireless network testing, comprising:

at least one resource entry capable of monitoring at least one property of said at least one resource; and

a resource monitor capable of monitoring said at least one resource entry while said at least one resource entry monitors said at least one property,

wherein said resource monitor is capable of calculating status and utilization information over time based on said at least one property, and enabling balanced utilization of said at least one resource according to said utilization information.

2. The system as defined in claim 1 further comprising:

a database capable of storing configuration information for said at least one resource;

wherein said resource monitor is capable of updating said at least one resource entry based on said configuration information.

3. The system as defined in claim 1 wherein said at least one resource entry comprises:

a utilization calculator capable of computing said utilization information over time for said at least one resource;

a recent utilization window capable of collecting said utilization information;

a status manager capable of determining a status for said at least one resource;

a property updater capable of managing updates to said at least one resource entry; and

a filter comparator capable of comparing said at least one resource entry to criteria from a resource filter, said filter comparator capable of invoking said recent utilization window if said at least one resource entry passes said criteria from said resource filter.

4. The system as defined in claim 1 wherein said resource monitor further comprises:

a utilization broker capable of managing requests to calculate said utilization information for said at least one resource;

a resource tracker capable of monitoring said at least one property of said at least one resource;

an instance manager capable of determining updates to said at least one resource entry, said instance manager capable of identifying said at least one resource that has been newly-added, said instance manager capable of identifying said at least one resource that has been deleted; and

a query manager capable of managing query requests for said at least one resource entry.

5. The system as defined in claim 1 further comprising:

a utilization servlet capable of accessing said utilization information, said utilization servlet capable of generating at least one utilization report.

6. The system as defined in claim 5 wherein said utilization servlet comprises a web-based tool.

7. The system as define in claim 5 wherein said at least one utilization report comprises an interface report.

8. The system as define in claim 5 wherein said at least one utilization report comprises an International Mobile Subscriber Identifier report.

9. A method for enabling balanced resource utilization of at least one resource during wireless communications testing comprising the steps of:

creating at least one resource entry for at least one resource that has been added to a database;

deleting at least one resource entry for at least one resource that has been deleted from the database;

monitoring at least one property of the at least one resource;

updating the at least one resource entry according to changes in the at least one property;

substantially in parallel with said step of updating the at least one resource entry, calculating status and utilization information over time for the at least one resource based on the updated at least one resource entry; and

enabling balanced utilization of the at least one resource based on the utilization information.

10. At least one computer node for carrying out the method according to claim 9.

11. At least one communications network comprising at least one computer node according to the method of claim 9.

12. A computer data signal embodied in electromagnetic signals traveling over at least one communications network carrying information capable of causing at least one computer node in said at least one communications network to practice the method of claim 9.

13. At least one computer readable medium having instructions embodied therein for the practice of the method of claim 9.

14. A method for balancing resource utilization of at least one resource during a wireless communications test comprising the steps of:

configuring the at least one resource;

creating at least one resource entry having at least one property;

updating the at least one property as the status of the at least one resource changes;

calculating status and utilization information over time based on querying of the at least one resource entry while said step of updating proceeds; and

enabling balanced utilization of the at least one resource based on the utilization information.

15. The method as defined in claim 14 further comprising the steps of:

receiving criteria from a resource filter; and

providing the utilization information based on the criteria from the resource filter in the form of at least one utilization report.

16. The method as defined in claim 14 further comprising the steps of:

enabling ad hoc testing based on the utilization information.

17. A system for enabling balanced resource utilization of at least one resource during wireless communications testing comprising:

means for creating at least one resource entry for at least one resource;

means for monitoring at least one property of said at least one resource;

means for storing said at least one property in said at least one resource entry;

means for updating said at least one resource entry according to changes in the at least one property;

means for calculating status and utilization information over time for said at least one resource substantially in parallel with said means for monitoring; and

means for enabling balanced utilization of said at least one resource based on the utilization information.

18. A system for balancing resource utilization of at least one resource during a wireless communications test comprising:

means for configuring the at least one resource;

means for creating at least one resource entry having at least one property;

means for updating said at least one property as the status of the at least one resource changes;

means for calculating status and utilization information over time while said means for updating proceeds; and

means for enabling balanced utilization of the at least one resource based on said utilization information.

19. The system as defined in claim 18 further comprising:

means for receiving criteria from a resource filter; and

means for providing said utilization information based on said criteria from said resource filter in the form of at least one utilization report.

20. The system as defined in claim 18 further comprising:

means for enabling ad hoc testing based on said utilization information.