ANALYTICS-DRIVEN POLICY CONTROL IN COMPUTER NETWORKS

摘要

Methods and systems for allocating computer-network resources among a group of network users calculate, for each network user, a worth of that network user based at least on a usage fee paid by that network user and a cost of that network user based at least on a network bandwidth consumed by that network user. For each network user, a worth-to-cost ratio based on the worth and cost of that network user may be computed. A group of high-value network users and a group of low-value network users may be identified such that each high-value network user has a higher worth-to-cost ratio than that of each low-value network user. Preferential access to a network resource is provided to the group of high-value network users relative to an access provided to the group of low-value network users.