Dynamic QoS Activation in Communication Network Routing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current telecommunications networks often limit the quality of service (QoS) for client equipment, restricting access to online services due to asymmetrical QoS levels between client and server equipment, hindering digital activities like e-commerce and e-learning, and posing challenges for telecommunications operators as they face competition from proprietary network solutions.
Innovation Solution
A method that detects activation information for a second level of QoS in data packets and applies it instead of the initial level, allowing the server equipment to determine and manage a higher QoS for data exchanges, independent of the client's subscription, by using a connection token and quality of service management rules stored in memory.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the network applies the client's subscribed QoS level to data packets, then the network operates according to existing contracts, but the client equipment cannot access services requiring higher QoS levels
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary mechanism (QoS indication field in packet headers, activation information) that enables dynamic QoS negotiation between client equipment and network. This intermediary allows services to request higher QoS levels without requiring complete reconfiguration of network contracts, thus improving service accessibility while maintaining manageable complexity through standardized intermediary protocols
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements dynamic QoS adjustment by allowing QoS levels to change based on service requirements and network conditions. The system transitions from static contract-based QoS to dynamic QoS that can be activated/deactivated per packet or session, enabling clients to access higher QoS services temporarily when needed while returning to baseline contracted levels
2Productivity
If the network allows asymmetric QoS levels between client and server equipment, then existing subscription models are maintained, but digital activities like e-commerce and e-learning are hindered
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the QoS parameter assignment methodology by introducing service-based QoS indicators that can override client subscription levels. Services can set their own QoS requirements (bandwidth, latency, priority) independently of client contracts, and the network applies these service-defined parameters when both client and service agree, thereby enabling digital activities to achieve required performance levels
3Ease of operation
If proprietary network infrastructures are deployed to bypass QoS limitations, then access to online services is improved, but telecommunications network operators face market challenges
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal QoS mechanism that works across different network operators and service types through standardized packet header fields and protocols. This multi-functional approach allows the same QoS negotiation and application mechanism to serve various services (e-commerce, e-learning, telemedicine) across different networks, eliminating the need for proprietary infrastructure while improving service accessibility
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AI summary
The invention relates to a method for processing a data packet exchanged between a client terminal equipment and a server equipment in a communications network), which the client equipment accesses via a first communications network, a first level of quality of service being intended to be applied to said data packet.According to the invention, said method is implemented by a routing equipment of said first communications network and comprises: - the detection (61) in said data packet of at least one activation information (AC_QoS) of a second level of quality of service to be applied to said data packet; - the obtaining (62) of a quality of service management rule (R_QoS2) according to the second level of quality of service, associated with said activation information (AC_QoS); - the application (63) of the second level of quality of service to the routing of said data packet according to the rule obtained, in place of the first level of quality of service FIGURE 6.