Patent ID: 8572620
Filing Date: 2013-10-29
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for management of a resource for a communication network having a resource owner, at least one resource user using the resource and a resource broker for managing the resource, the method comprising the resource broker performing the following steps: initiating a resource usage measure for controlling a reservation of the resource; obtaining a resource user's usage measure indicating the estimated usage of the resource by the at least one resource user; performing an update procedure for updating the resource usage measure with the resource user's usage measure by executing a cumulative algorithm averaging current and past values of the resource usage measure over time and the resource user's usage measure over the at least one resource user, wherein the cumulative algorithm is chosen from a plurality of cumulative algorithms based on the resource user's usage measure; performing a checking procedure for comparing the updated resource usage measure with a pre-determined value indicating the necessity to perform a resource management action; and performing the resource management action according to the result of the checking procedure.