MODEL MANAGEMENT IN A DYNAMIC QOS ENVIRONMENT

摘要

The present invention provides a computer implemented method for allocating resources to Quality of Service, QoS, models in a network, the method comprising: selecting a route in the network, wherein the route comprises a plurality of flows of network traffic; obtaining model-to-route mapping data identifying a plurality of QoS models, wherein each QoS model is used by at least one of the plurality of flows of network traffic; monitoring the plurality of flows of network traffic to determine a characteristic of each of the plurality of flows; and in the event that one of the QoS models is withdrawn, reallocating resources of the selected route to flows of network traffic along that route, wherein the reallocation is based on at least one of: the QoS model used by each of the flows of network traffic along that route; and the characteristic of each of the flows.