Software-Defined Network Bandwidth Prioritization via Predictive Intelligence
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing solutions for managing networks to prioritize bandwidth and provide quality of service are limited to mobile networks and do not extend to user networks or premise networks, lacking flexibility and customization options.
Innovation Solution
A software-defined networking system that includes an intelligence agent in gateway devices and cloud servers to dynamically prioritize network services and bandwidth based on user device profiles, location, and service requirements, allowing for real-time adjustments and instantiation of virtual network functions to manage traffic and services.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If existing network management solutions are used, then mobile networks can prioritize bandwidth and provide quality of service, but user networks and premise networks cannot extend these capabilities
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extends network management capabilities from mobile networks to user networks and premise networks by implementing a universal system that can prioritize bandwidth and provide quality of service across different network types. The system uses a controller that can manage multiple network segments and apply QoS policies universally, allowing the same functionality to operate in diverse network environments without requiring separate specialized systems for each network type.
2Reliability
If network bandwidth is increased to meet future event requirements, then network service quality improves, but bandwidth allocation efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system proactively identifies scheduled events (such as video conferences, large file transfers, or streaming events) and pre-allocates bandwidth resources before these events occur. The controller monitors event schedules and automatically adjusts bandwidth allocation in advance, ensuring that sufficient capacity is available when needed while avoiding premature or excessive bandwidth reservation that would waste resources during non-event periods.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements dynamic bandwidth allocation that continuously adjusts network resources based on real-time conditions and predicted future requirements. The system monitors current network usage, identifies upcoming events, and dynamically modifies bandwidth allocation accordingly. This dynamic approach allows the network to optimize resource utilization by increasing bandwidth for high-priority services when needed and reducing allocation for lower-priority services during normal operation, thereby maintaining service quality while improving overall allocation efficiency.
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AI summary
Various embodiments disclosed herein provide for software defined networking system to provide network service and bandwidth prioritization in a customer's network. The user equipment devices can be connected to a gateway device on a premise network. The gateway device or a server communicably coupled to the gateway device can include an intelligence agent that can prioritize bandwidth, network services, user equipment devices based on a variety of contexts. The intelligence agent can also dynamically increase or decrease the bandwidth available to the gateway device in some embodiments. In an embodiment, the software defined networking system can also instantiate virtual network functions on either the local gateway device or the cloud server in order to provide functionality for one or more network services used by the user equipment device on site.