Telecommunication network

A telecommunication network for telecommunications between telecommunication end point devices, the telecommunication network comprising:

• a plurality of computerized telecommunication resources, each computerized telecommunication resource being configured to provide telecommunication resources to a plurality of different telecommunication events;
• and
• a computerized telecommunication resource allocator for allocating at least one of the plurality of computerized telecommunication resources to a telecommunication event between telecommunication end point devices on the network, the computerized telecommunication resource allocator being configured to assess the telecommunication resource requirements of a telecommunication event and at least one predetermined criterion comprising at least one of the following:
• geographical location of at least one of the telecommunication end point devices and/or telecommunication resource,
• latency of at least some communication to and/or from at least one of the telecommunication end point devices and/or telecommunication resource,
• available bandwidth of at least some communication to and/or from at least one of the telecommunication end point devices and/or telecommunication resource,
• monetary cost of at least some communication to and/or from at least one of the telecommunication end point devices and/or telecommunication resource, and
• impact on maintaining service level agreements of at least some communication to and/or from at least some of the telecommunication end point devices and/or telecommunication resource;
• and
• the computerized telecommunication resource allocator being further configured to allocate at least one of the plurality of computerized telecommunication resources accordingly.

A computerized telecommunication resource allocator for allocating at least one of a plurality of computerized telecommunication resources to a telecommunication event between telecommunication end point devices on a telecommunication network, the computerized telecommunication resource allocator being configured to assess telecommunication resource requirements of a telecommunication event and at least one predetermined criterion comprising at least one of the following:

• geographical location of at least one of the telecommunication end point devices and/or telecommunication resource,
• latency of at least some communication to and/or from at least one of the telecommunication end point devices and/or telecommunication resource,
• available bandwidth of at least some communication to and/or from at least one of the telecommunication end point devices and/or telecommunication resource,
• monetary cost of at least some communication to and/or from at least one of the telecommunication end point devices and/or telecommunication resource, and
• impact on maintaining service level agreements of at least some communication to and/or from at least some of the telecommunication end point devices and/or telecommunication resource;
• and
• the computerized telecommunication resource allocator being further configured to allocate at least one of a plurality of computerized telecommunication resources accordingly.