Cloud Resource Management Using Actual Usage for Load Balancing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Next generation cloud-based multi-tenant communication systems face challenges in predicting and adapting to unexpected incidents that require increased capacity and bandwidth, particularly due to overlapping air coverage and unpredictable events.
Innovation Solution
A cloud-based resource management service that optimizes resource sharing by analyzing actual resource usage across multiple communication systems, identifying opportunities for load balancing and modifying resource allocation to enhance overall system efficiency.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If communication systems make estimates for times when their systems are heavily utilized, then resource allocation can be planned in advance, but the system cannot adapt to unexpected incidents and increased load
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a feedback mechanism where the resource management service continuously monitors actual resource usage across multiple communication systems and uses this feedback to dynamically modify resource sharing processes. The service receives information about actual resource usage, determines modifications to the resource sharing process based on this usage data, and implements these modifications to adapt to changing conditions including unexpected incidents.
Solution Approach 2:
The resource sharing process is transformed from a static, pre-planned allocation based on estimates to a dynamic process that continuously adapts based on actual resource usage. The system modifies resource sharing arrangements in real-time according to monitored usage patterns, enabling it to respond to unexpected load conditions and incidents rather than relying on predetermined estimates.
2Productivity
If neighboring communication systems share channels and frequencies, then system efficiency is improved, but resource usage becomes difficult to predict and manage
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a cloud-based resource management service as an intermediary between multiple communication systems that share channels and frequencies. This intermediary service consolidates the complexity of managing shared resources by centralizing monitoring and control functions. It receives usage information from multiple systems, processes this information centrally, and coordinates resource sharing modifications, thereby simplifying individual system complexity while enabling efficient multi-system resource sharing.
Solution Approach 2:
The resource management service performs multiple functions within a single unified system: it monitors resource usage across different communication systems, analyzes usage patterns, determines optimal resource sharing modifications, and implements these modifications. This multi-functional approach consolidates what would otherwise require separate mechanisms in each communication system, reducing overall complexity while improving productivity through coordinated resource sharing.
3Productivity
If a cloud-based resource management service monitors and modifies resource sharing dynamically, then resource utilization is optimized, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The resource management service operates autonomously by automatically monitoring resource usage, analyzing the data, determining appropriate modifications, and implementing changes without requiring manual intervention. The system self-adjusts resource sharing processes based on monitored usage patterns, which optimizes resource utilization efficiency while avoiding the operational complexity of manual management, even though the service itself is complex.
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AI summary
A method and cloud-based resource management service is provides for optimizing a resource sharing process in a multi-tenant communication system. A resource sharing process is established electronically between a first tenant and a second tenant in the multi-tenant communication system. The resource sharing process establishes a first expected resource usage at the first tenant and a second expected resource usage at the second tenant. The cloud-based resource management service determines electronically a first actual resource usage at the first tenant and a second actual resource usage at the second tenant. The cloud-based resource management service utilizes electronically the first actual resource usage and the second actual resource usage to recommend modification of the resource sharing process.