Patent ID: 8520514
Filing Date: 2013-08-27
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for configuring admission control of service instances in a network element, comprising: reading a pre-determined maximum service-idle utilization of a processor approximately equal to maximum utilization of the processor in the absence of services executing on the processor; reading, for each particular service instance of a desired configuration of service instances, a pre-determined maximum utilization of the processor associated with the particular service instance; calculating an aggregate maximum utilization for the desired configuration, based on the pre-determined maximum service-idle utilization and the pre-determined maximum utilizations for each of the particular service instances; determining whether the aggregate maximum utilization is greater than a threshold maximum utilization for the processor; allowing the desired configuration if the aggregate maximum utilization is not greater than the threshold maximum utilization for the processor; and denying the desired configuration if the aggregate maximum utilization is greater than the threshold maximum utilization for the processor.