Cloud Resource Management via Flow Telemetry Analysis
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Solution Overview
Problem
Enterprises and carriers face challenges in managing cloud-based systems due to the decentralized and unregulated nature of the cloud ecosystem, lacking control over resources and struggling to distinguish between content providers and bandwidth providers, leading to inefficient resource allocation and economic complexities.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for managing cloud-based systems, which includes a management module that interacts with the cloud system to categorize, characterize, and analyze traffic patterns, service providers, and resource allocation, utilizing flow telemetry and a map module to provide insights into network traffic and resource utilization, enabling precise economic transparency and pricing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If enterprises adopt cloud-based computing systems, then access to distributed computing resources and services is improved, but control over network infrastructure and resource allocation is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a cloud resource management system that acts as an intermediary between enterprises and cloud service providers. This intermediary collects flow telemetry data, analyzes resource allocation patterns, and provides enterprises with visibility and control mechanisms for their cloud resources without requiring direct infrastructure management.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the cloud ecosystem remains decentralized and unregulated, then service provider diversity and innovation are improved, but resource allocation efficiency and economic transparency deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a feedback mechanism where flow telemetry data is continuously collected from cloud networks, analyzed to determine actual resource allocation and usage patterns, and fed back to both service providers and enterprises. This enables optimized resource allocation while preserving the decentralized cloud ecosystem structure.
3Ease of operation
If enterprises lack visibility into cloud resource utilization, then cloud service simplicity is improved, but economic transparency and pricing optimization worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a management system that intermediates between cloud infrastructure and enterprises by collecting detailed flow telemetry data and presenting processed, actionable insights. This maintains cloud service simplicity while eliminating information loss about resource utilization through dashboards and analytics.
4Ease of operation
If enterprises cannot distinguish between content providers and bandwidth providers, then cloud ecosystem simplicity is improved, but billing accuracy and cost allocation worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements flow telemetry analysis that provides feedback on the nature of cloud traffic, enabling differentiation between content delivery and bandwidth consumption. This allows accurate billing and cost allocation while maintaining a simple cloud ecosystem interface for users.
Data Source
AI summary
System and method for reporting usage of a network infrastructure includes obtaining a map that includes at least one flow-mapping that correlates a flow feature with a service and that correlates a flow feature with an endpoint type, wherein the endpoint types include at least a subscriber type and a service type; at a first computer, receiving flow telemetry of a network infrastructure, the flow telemetry representing at least the destination and source attributes for network traffic in the flow telemetry; categorizing the flow telemetry into at least a subscriber flow category based on the source and destination endpoint types of the traffic; for subscriber flow telemetry of a subscriber, processing the subscriber flow telemetry into at least one flow feature; identifying at least one service to attribute to at least a portion of the subscriber flow telemetry, the service identified through the processed flow feature and a flow-mapping.