Patent ID: 11349729

Abstract:
An enhancement device (10, 116) for enhancing service requests (120) and a method of allocating network resources to a network service in a communication network is provided. The communication network comprises network resources capable of providing a network service specified in a service request issued by a client. The service request (120) comprises a direct part (121) and an indirect part (122), while the indirect part comprises at least one allocation condition. The method comprises unconditionally allocating, in response to the direct part (121) of the service request, one or more network resources to the network service, and conditionally allocating, in response to the indirect part (122) of the service request, one or more additional network resources to the network service, wherein conditionally allocated network resources are capable of being unconditionally allocated to the network service in response to the direct part of a further service request of the client and are available for allocation to another network service depending on the at least one allocation condition.