Method for streamlining dynamic bandwidth allocation in service control appliances based on heuristic techniques

A method of providing a predictive bandwidth control module comprising:

• maintaining a database of currently active subscribers by receiving subscriber's authentication events and identifying one or more classes of subscribers based upon authentication information provided by the subscribers,
• recording in a database current behavior of the subscribers based on applications they launch,
• correlating the current behavior of the subscribers with a history database having snapshots of subscriber level requirements for a next t seconds, wherein the correlation provides correlated snapshots values based on a history of subscriber behavior over time, and wherein the correlated snapshot values are fed to an existing bandwidth controller that operates at various levels to allocate or de-allocate bandwidth to a corresponding class of subscribers based on a predicted behavior of the subscribers for the next t seconds.

A predictive bandwidth control module comprising:

• a service control application executable on a service control engine having code for maintaining a database of currently active subscribers by receiving subscriber's authentication events and identifying one or more classes of subscribers based upon authentication information provided by the subscribers,
• a database for recording current behavior of the subscribers based on the applications they launch, and
• a correlation engine correlating the current behavior of the subscribers with a history database having snapshots of subscriber level requirements for a next t seconds, wherein the correlation provides correlated snapshots values based on a history of subscriber behavior over time, and wherein the correlated snapshot values are fed to an existing bandwidth controller that operates at various levels to allocate or de-allocate bandwidth to a corresponding class of subscribers based on a predicted behavior of the subscribers for the next t seconds.