Carrier-Aware QoS Request Management Across Multiple Networks
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Solution Overview
Problem
In a network environment managed by multiple communication carriers, varying specifications for Quality of Service (QoS) control requests complicate application programs that need to interact with multiple networks.
Innovation Solution
A management apparatus that obtains a start request for QoS control from a terminal apparatus, identifies the relevant communication carrier, and executes the necessary processing to initiate QoS control through a quality control system within that carrier, using carrier-specific information to simplify the request process.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If an application program is designed to request QoS control from multiple communication carriers with different specifications, then the QoS control can be executed across multiple networks, but the application program becomes complicated
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a management apparatus as an intermediary between the terminal apparatus and multiple communication carriers. This intermediary handles the complexity of carrier-specific QoS specifications internally, allowing the terminal apparatus to use a simplified, unified interface for QoS requests across all networks
Solution Approach 2:
The management apparatus provides a universal QoS control interface that works across multiple communication carriers with different specifications. By consolidating carrier-specific logic in the management apparatus, the system achieves multi-network compatibility without requiring the terminal apparatus to handle multiple different protocols or interfaces
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AI summary
A management apparatus includes an obtainer that obtains a start request to request a start of control of quality of a communication service provided to one of a plurality of terminal apparatuses, each of the plurality of terminal apparatuses being connected to one of a plurality of networks managed by a plurality of communication carriers, and terminal information about the terminal apparatus; an identifier that identifies, from among the plurality of communication carriers, a communication carrier that provides the communication service to the terminal apparatus, based on the terminal information; and a service manager that executes predetermined processing for causing a quality control system of the identified communication carrier to start the control of the quality of the communication service to the terminal apparatus.