Dynamic resource allocation for sensor devices on a mixed-infrastructure network

A method for dynamic resource allocation, comprising:

• a resource-allocation system of a mixed-infrastructure network receiving through the mixed-infrastructure network, from a sensor device, a request to adjust a quantity of virtualized resources allocated to the sensor device, where the resource-allocation system is implemented as a network-management component of the mixed-infrastructure network,
• where the mixed-infrastructure network comprises at least two types of networking technologies selected from the group consisting of:
• wired local-area Ethernet, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, a cellular network, and the Internet;
• the resource-allocation system determining that the sensor device's resource request satisfies a condition necessary to trigger sending a service request to the network-management component;
• the resource-allocation system, in response to the determining, requesting from the network-management component an adjustment of a current allocation of virtualized resources to the sensor device;
• the resource-allocation system confirming that additional virtualized resources have been provisioned by a cloud-management service associated with the mixed-infrastructure network, where the additional virtual resources are sufficient to satisfy the request;
• and
• the resource-allocation system adjusting the amount of each virtualized resource allocated to the sensor device, as a function of the determining.

A computer program product, comprising a computer-readable hardware storage device having a computer-readable program code stored therein, the program code configured to be executed by a resource-allocation system, of a mixed-infrastructure network, comprising a processor, a memory coupled to the processor, and a computer-readable hardware storage device coupled to the processor, the storage device containing program code configured to be run by the processor via the memory to implement a method for dynamic resource allocation, comprising:

• a resource-allocation system of the mixed-infrastructure network receiving through the mixed-infrastructure network, from a sensor device, a request to adjust a quantity of virtualized resources allocated to the sensor device, where the resource-allocation system is implemented as a network-management component of the mixed-infrastructure network,
• where the mixed-infrastructure network comprises at least two types of networking technologies selected from the group consisting of:
• wired local-area Ethernet, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, a cellular network, and the Internet;
• the resource-allocation system determining that the sensor device's resource request satisfies a condition necessary to trigger sending a service request to the network-management component;
• the resource-allocation system, in response to the determining, requesting from the network-management component an adjustment of a current allocation of virtualized resources to the sensor device;
• the resource-allocation system confirming that additional virtualized resources have been provisioned by a cloud-management service associated with the mixed-infrastructure network, where the additional virtual resources are sufficient to satisfy the request;
• and
• the resource-allocation system adjusting the amount of each virtualized resource allocated to the sensor device, as a function of the determining.