Network Resource Allocation via Common Data Format
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Solution Overview
Problem
The complexity of modern communication networks with diverse devices and technologies leads to inefficient resource allocation, obsolete equipment, and unused capacity, necessitating a method to optimize resource utilization.
Innovation Solution
A software solution that collects and transforms information from various network devices into a common format, allowing for efficient resource management and suggesting alternative uses that improve efficiency, leveraging network function virtualization (NFV) to allocate resources more flexibly.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If network function virtualization is implemented to replace traditional network devices with software, then device complexity is reduced and resource flexibility is improved, but the challenge of allocating communication resources among diverse devices and technologies increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies universality by creating a common information format that can represent multiple types of network devices and resources uniformly. The system transforms diverse device information into a standardized structure that enables a single resource allocation system to manage various device types (routers, switches, firewalls, etc.) and resource types (bandwidth, computing power, storage) through universal interfaces and data models.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent utilizes parameter changes by transforming information from different device formats into a common format with standardized parameters. This transformation process converts heterogeneous device data into uniform parameters that can be processed by the allocation system, enabling flexible resource allocation across diverse network infrastructure while maintaining compatibility with multiple device types.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a great number of different devices and technologies are deployed to support multiple network generations, then network coverage and service capability are improved, but resource utilization efficiency deteriorates due to unused capacity
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements feedback mechanisms by continuously collecting information about current resource usage status from various network devices and using this feedback to optimize allocation decisions. The system monitors actual resource consumption and utilization patterns, then adjusts allocation strategies to minimize unused capacity while maintaining required service levels across different network generations and device types.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies dynamics by enabling flexible and adaptive resource allocation that can respond to changing network conditions and usage patterns. The system dynamically adjusts resource distribution among diverse devices and technologies based on real-time information about current usage, allowing the network to optimize resource utilization efficiency while maintaining support for multiple network generations and service capabilities.
3Adaptability or versatility
If network reconfiguration and on-site installation of new equipment are performed to launch new services, then service functionality is improved, but loss of time and increased operational complexity occur
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by pre-configuring and virtualizing network functions before they are needed for service deployment. Network resources and device capabilities are pre-described in standardized formats, and allocation strategies are prepared in advance, enabling rapid service launch without requiring time-consuming on-site installation or reconfiguration of physical equipment.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent utilizes copying by creating virtual representations and standardized information models of network devices and resources. Instead of physically installing and configuring new equipment, the system uses copied information formats and virtualized network functions to deploy services rapidly, eliminating the need for time-consuming on-site installation while maintaining service functionality.
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AI summary
The invention provides a method for allocating communication resources in a communication network that comprises a number of different devices and utilizes different technologies. Information is collected of the number of devices of the network. The collected information is transformed from their formats to a common format. The common format makes it possible to handle efficiently all information. Current resources of the communication network and current use of the resources are determined utilizing the collected information in the common format. Alternative ways to use the resources are investigated instead of the current use, and a suggestion(s) is made to use at least one alternative way in case it is more efficient than the current use.