Network Task Priority Control for Resource Efficiency
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Solution Overview
Problem
In large-scale virtualized networks, the concurrent execution of construction and maintenance tasks often leads to resource inefficiencies and increased labor costs due to the need for inter-organizational coordination, particularly when maintenance tasks require low-user-traffic hours.
Innovation Solution
A network management apparatus and method that utilize two queues - a normal queue for tasks executed in sequence and a priority queue for tasks with higher execution priority - to determine and prioritize the execution of tasks based on predefined conditions, ensuring that priority tasks are executed even if they overlap with normal tasks.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If construction processing occupies processing resources of the OSS until late night hours, then construction tasks can be completed, but maintenance and operation processing cannot be performed which adversely affects network services
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adjusts task execution priorities based on real-time conditions. The OSS determines whether to execute construction tasks or maintenance tasks by evaluating current system state and task urgency, allowing flexible switching between task types rather than following a fixed sequence. This dynamic priority adjustment ensures that time-critical maintenance tasks can interrupt construction tasks when necessary, preventing service quality degradation.
2Ease of operation
If inter-organizational coordination is performed for construction and maintenance work scheduling, then work coordination is achieved, but labor costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The OSS automatically performs task scheduling and priority determination without requiring manual coordination between construction and maintenance teams. The system self-manages the evaluation of task execution conditions, automatic priority assignment, and task selection based on pre-configured rules and real-time state assessment. This automation eliminates the need for inter-organizational coordination meetings and communication overhead, significantly reducing labor costs while maintaining effective work coordination.
3Stability of the object's composition
If construction tasks are executed in sequence without priority consideration, then task execution order is maintained, but processing resource efficiency deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements dynamic priority evaluation that adjusts task execution order based on real-time conditions. When a maintenance task is registered with high urgency, the OSS evaluates its execution condition and may elevate its priority above previously scheduled construction tasks. This dynamic reordering optimizes resource efficiency by ensuring that time-critical tasks are executed promptly while still maintaining a structured task management framework.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the priority parameter of tasks based on their type and urgency. Construction tasks are assigned baseline priorities, while maintenance tasks can have their priorities dynamically adjusted based on execution conditions such as service impact and time sensitivity. This parameter change allows the system to flexibly respond to changing requirements without completely abandoning the sequential task execution model.
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AI summary
A network management apparatus performs a determination process and a prioritization process. The determination process is processing that determines, while instructing to execute a first task registered in a first queue in sequence, whether or not an execution condition of a second task registered in a second queue, which has an execution priority higher than the first task, is satisfied. The prioritization process is processing that gives priority to instructing to execute the second task when the execution condition of the second task is satisfied.