Application Prioritization Framework for Network Stability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional application management systems focus solely on device-level optimization and do not consider interconnected IoT devices or network-wide implications, leading to inefficient prioritization and potential network instability.
Innovation Solution
A decision intelligence-based framework that dynamically manages and prioritizes applications across devices connected to a network by analyzing network capacity, user behavior, and application usage patterns to ensure network stability and integrity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If device-level prioritization mechanisms are used, then application criticality at individual device level is improved, but network-wide optimization and stability deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges device-level prioritization with network-wide visibility by implementing a centralized management system that aggregates data from multiple devices. The system combines individual application criticality assessments with network-wide context (other devices' activities, network capacity, coverage) to produce unified prioritization decisions that balance local needs with overall network stability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a network management system as an intermediary between individual devices and the network infrastructure. This intermediary collects contextual information about all devices, analyzes network conditions, and mediates bandwidth allocation decisions to ensure that device-level criticality does not compromise network-wide stability.
2Productivity
If available bandwidth is allocated to all applications, then network utilization is improved, but network stability and integrity deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic bandwidth allocation where available network capacity is continuously adjusted based on real-time conditions. The system dynamically determines which applications receive prioritized bandwidth and which are throttled, based on current network capacity, coverage conditions, and the relative criticality of active applications at that moment.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes network parameter settings (bandwidth allocation, priority levels) based on contextual analysis of network capacity and device activities. The system modifies these parameters dynamically to optimize the balance between overall network utilization and stability, ensuring that critical applications maintain sufficient bandwidth while non-critical applications are appropriately limited.
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AI summary
Disclosed are systems and methods that provide a computerized application management framework that adaptively configures application usage and/or network parameters/characteristics at a location based on determined intelligence about the network, devices executing therein/therearound and behavioral patterns of users in/around the location. The disclosed framework can leverage information related to network capacity and coverage against network activity (e.g., upload/download, streaming, and the like) of devices connected to the network to determine i) which applications are to be prioritized, and/or ii) which devices operating such applications should be prioritized. Thus, the framework provides mechanisms for dynamically managing operations of devices connected to a network and applications executing on such devices that rely on such network connection, such that their network usage can be adaptively controlled to ensure network stability and integrity for prioritized operations.