METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM FOR BANDWIDTH OPTIMIZATION OF NETWORK APPLICATION

• US 20140215061A1
• Filed: 01/31/2014
• Published: 07/31/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/02/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Original Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Inventors: Meng, Qiyuan, Liu, Zhao
• Granted Patent: US 9,755,935 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/224
• 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, 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

if yes, then

adjusting the bandwidth occupied by network applications of the first category.

2. The method of claim 1, 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;

if yes, then

obtaining the category of the running network application based on the 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.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein 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.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein 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 the total network bandwidth;

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

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the step of obtaining the total network bandwidth further comprises:

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

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

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

6. The method of claim 5, 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;

if yes, then

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

7. The method of claim 4, wherein the step of obtaining the corresponding bandwidth estimation by estimating the network bandwidth of the network applications of the second category comprises:

calculating the percentage of the bandwidth occupied by the network applications of the second category to the 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 the maximum value of the gradient range as the bandwidth estimation.

8. The method of claim 7, 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.

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

calculating the excess ratio of the bandwidth occupied by the 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 and reducing the bandwidth occupied by network applications of the first category according to the sum of the excess ratio and the preset ratio, and

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

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

an identifying device configured to classify and identify running network applications according to a set profile and to obtain network applications of a first category;

a processing device configured to estimate bandwidth of the running network applications and to obtain available bandwidth of the network applications of the first category;

a determining device configured 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

if yes, notify an adjusting device;

the adjusting device configured to adjust the bandwidth occupied by the network applications of the first category.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the identifying device further comprises:

an attribute value obtaining module configured to obtain corresponding attribute value of the running network applications;

a comparison module configured to determine whether the attribute value is recorded in the profile based on comparison of the attribute value and the set profile; and

if yes, notifying a classifying module;

the classifying module configured to obtain the category of the running network application based on correspondence relationship between the category of the running network application recorded in the profile and the attribute value, and wherein the categories include a first category, a second category and a third category.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein 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.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the processing device comprises:

a bandwidth obtaining module configured to obtain the total network bandwidth;

a bandwidth surplus calculation module configured to obtain network bandwidth occupied by network applications of the third category and to obtain the network bandwidth difference between the total network bandwidth and the network bandwidth occupied by network applications of the third category as a network bandwidth surplus;

a bandwidth estimation module configured to obtain a corresponding bandwidth estimation by estimating the network bandwidth of the network applications of the second category;

an available bandwidth calculation module configured to obtain a corresponding available bandwidth of network applications of the first category by subtraction of the network bandwidth surplus and the bandwidth estimation.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the bandwidth obtaining module further comprises:

a network monitoring unit configured to monitor the network transmission and to obtain a bandwidth of the network transmission; and

a total bandwidth selecting unit configured to obtain a maximum bandwidth of network transmission corresponding to a preset time period and to take the larger value of the maximum bandwidth of network transmission corresponding to two consecutive periods as the total network bandwidth.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the bandwidth obtaining module further comprises:

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

if yes, then notifying an extraction unit;

the extraction unit is further configured to take the maximum value of the bandwidth of network transmission in the preset time period and to replace the total network bandwidth with this maximum value.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein the bandwidth estimation module is further configured to calculate the percentage of the bandwidth occupied by the network applications of the second category to the total network bandwidth, to obtain a gradient range of the percentage of the bandwidth occupied by network applications of the second category to the total bandwidth, and to take the maximum value of the gradient range as the bandwidth estimation.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the bandwidth estimation module is further configured to replace the bandwidth estimation with the difference between the bandwidth estimation and a set value.

18. The system of claim 10, wherein the adjusting device is further configured to calculate the excess ratio of the bandwidth occupied by network applications of the first category to the available bandwidth, to select the network applications of the first category according to a descending order of the bandwidth occupied, to reduce the bandwidth occupied by network applications of the first category according to the sum of the excess ratio and the set ratio, and to notify the determining module.

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

if yes, then

adjusting the bandwidth occupied by network applications of the first category.