Patent ID: 8554931
Filing Date: 2013-10-08
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of coordinating network resources for blended services in a network, the method comprising the following steps: at a network entity, receiving a plurality of service requests from a user to initiate a corresponding plurality of services for the user, each respective service request of the plurality of service requests being associated with a respective service of the corresponding plurality of services; prior to initiating at least one of the corresponding plurality of services, determining, at the network entity, for each respective service request a respective network resource requirement for the associated service; at the network entity, based on the determined respective network requirements, computing for the plurality of service requests a total network resource requirement for the associated services; and sending a resource request from the network entity to a resource management element in the network for reservation of the total network resource requirement prior to initiating at least one of the corresponding plurality of services, wherein the steps of determining and computing are both carried out for each of a plurality of types of network resource, thereby yielding a respective total network requirement for each of the plurality of types of network resource, and wherein sending the resource request from the network entity comprises one of: sending for each of the plurality of types of network resource a separate resource request for reservation of the respective total network requirement, or sending a single resource request for reservation of all of the respective total network requirements.