Web Service Access Path Selection via Network Management Evaluation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for accessing web services in IT-networks do not efficiently evaluate and select optimal access paths, leading to suboptimal performance and potential breaches in security due to outdated proxy server content and varying response times.
Innovation Solution
A method that determines a set of access information data indicating different possibilities for accessing a web service, evaluates these using network management information, and selects the most appropriate path based on service level agreements and performance metrics, involving the use of proxy servers and network management protocols like SNMP to ensure optimal service delivery.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Speed
If a proxy server is used to store web site contents, then access speed is improved, but the information becomes outdated over time
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by evaluating multiple access paths and selecting the optimal one before actual web service access occurs. Network management information is collected and analyzed in advance to determine the best access route, ensuring both speed and information currency are optimized before the user actually accesses the service.
2Reliability
If multiple access paths are available, then service availability is improved, but selection complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements feedback mechanisms by continuously monitoring network management information and performance metrics for each access path. This feedback is used to dynamically evaluate and select the optimal path, automatically adapting to changing network conditions without requiring complex manual configuration or user intervention.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs self-service by autonomously evaluating access paths and selecting the optimal route based on collected network management information. The service client automatically determines the best access path without requiring manual intervention, simplifying the user experience while maintaining high service availability through intelligent path selection.
3Reliability
If service level agreements are enforced, then service quality is improved, but system rigidity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies dynamics by making access path selection flexible and adaptive rather than rigid and static. While service level agreements define quality requirements, the system dynamically evaluates current network conditions and selects access paths that meet these agreements, allowing it to adapt to changing conditions while maintaining service quality standards.
Data Source
AI summary
A method is provided of accessing a web service by means of a service client in an IT-network. The method includes determining a set of access information data indicating different possibilities of how the web service may be accessed. The different access possibilities indicated by the access information data using network management information relating to the access possibilities are evaluated. Access information data according to the evaluation result is selected, and the web service is accessed.