Network Resource Management with Usage Prediction Indicators
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face difficulties in anticipating when they will exceed network service usage limits, leading to unexpected costs, especially when sharing resources with others or using multiple devices or applications.
Innovation Solution
A system that manages network resources by setting budgets for users, devices, and applications, providing indicators when usage approaches or exceeds limits, allowing users to adjust their usage and offering administrative tools for monitoring and controlling access.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If users share network resources across multiple devices and applications, then network resource utilization increases, but it becomes difficult for users to predict when service limits will be reached
Solution Approach 1:
The system provides real-time feedback to users about their network resource consumption by displaying indicators that show current usage levels relative to service limits. This feedback mechanism allows users to monitor and predict when they will reach their usage limits, even when multiple devices and applications are sharing the network resource.
2Ease of operation
If the system provides detailed monitoring and indicators for network usage, then users can better manage their consumption, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically monitors network resource consumption and provides usage information to users without requiring complex manual tracking or configuration. The indicator system self-manages the complexity of monitoring multiple devices and applications, while presenting simplified usage information to users.
3Ease of operation
If users are allowed to continue using the network resource after reaching the usage limit, then user convenience is maintained, but unexpected costs are incurred
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by warning users before they reach their usage limit through displayed indicators. This advance notification allows users to take proactive measures to avoid exceeding their limits and incurring unexpected costs, while still maintaining the ability to continue usage if desired.
Data Source
AI summary
An indicator for a device may provide an indication that a threshold associated with a budget for a network resource has or will be reached. When a user requests a network operation that will consume the network resource, an amount of the network resource to be consumed by the operation is predicted, if possible. If the prior use of the network resource and the amount to be used to complete the network operation exceeds a threshold the user may be warned and given an opportunity to cancel the operation or adjust the way in which the operation will be performed. If the amount of network resource a network operation will consume is unknown, a rate of use of the network resource is determined and a time until the budget is reached is estimated.