Method for selecting resources in communication networks
OwnerRalf Neuhaus, Rainer Ueckerinventors
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Abstract
In order to select resources in inventive communication networks comprising communication components that use said network resources, in a first step, the functions and data regarding the performance of several or all resources are determined and stored by a communication component. Additionally, resource-specific information regarding the use of said resource is stored in at least one data base when a resource is used by a communication component. The resource is selected according to the stored functions and data and/or the resource-specific information stored in the database.
Claims21
1-11. (canceled)
A method for selecting resources in a communication network, the network having communication components which use the resources in the network, a plurality of resources provide the communication components with a same function, comprising
- determining and storing a function and a resource performance-statement about by the communication component;
- storing resource-specific information in a database if a resource is being used by the communication component;
- and
- selecting the resource based on the resource-specific information and statistical information about the previous use of this resource.
A computer program adapted to operate within a communication network, the communication network having communication components that use a resource in the network, comprising
- a database including information about the resource;
- a module for finding an address of further communication components;
- a module for checking an availability of the resource and for ascertaining a performance of the resource;
- a module that stores resource-specific information about the use of the resource when the resource in the database is being used;
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- a module for selecting a resource based on resource data selected from the group consisting of the resource-specific information stored in the database and statistical information about the previous use of the resource.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.