# US 2022/0045929 A1 · Dynamic quality of service in edge cloud architectures > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2022/0045929 A1 - Document ID: US20220045929A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/406,270 - Filed: 2021-08-19 - Published: 2022-02-10 - Earliest claimed: 2018-12-28 - Assignees: Intel Corporation - Applicants: Intel Corporation - Inventors: Francesc Guim Bernat; Andrew J. Herdrich; Karthik Kumar; Felipe Pastor Beneyto; Edwin Verplanke; Rashmin Patel; Monica Kenguva; Brinda Ganesh; Alexander Vul; Ned M. Smith - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20220045929A1 ## CPC - H04L 43/16: Threshold monitoring - H04L 41/40: using virtualisation of network functions or resources, e.g. SDN or NFV entities - H04L 41/5006: Creating or negotiating SLA contracts, guarantees or penalties - H04L 43/08: Monitoring or testing based on specific metrics, e.g. QoS, energy consumption or environmental parameters - H04L 43/20: the monitoring system or the monitored elements being virtualised, abstracted or software-defined entities, e.g. SDN or NFV - H04L 45/125: based on throughput or bandwidth - H04L 47/2408: for supporting different services, e.g. a differentiated services [DiffServ] type of service - H04L 47/2425: for supporting services specification, e.g. SLA - H04L 41/5019: Ensuring fulfilment of SLA - H04L 43/0852: Delays - H04L 43/0888: Throughput - H04W 28/0268: {using specific QoS parameters for wireless networks, e.g. QoS class identifier [QCI] or guaranteed bit rate [GBR] (negotiating SLA or negotiating QoS H04W28/24)} - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract A device of a service coordinating entity includes communications circuitry to communicate with a plurality of access networks via a corresponding plurality of network function virtualization (NFV) instances, processing circuitry, and a memory device. The processing circuitry is to perform operations to monitor stored performance metrics for the plurality of NFV instances. Each of the NFV instances is instantiated by a corresponding scheduler of a plurality of schedulers on a virtualization infrastructure of the service coordinating entity. A plurality of stored threshold metrics is retrieved, indicating a desired level for each of the plurality of performance metrics. A threshold condition is detected for at least one of the performance metrics for an NF V instance of the plurality of NFV instances, based on the retrieved plurality of threshold metrics. A hardware resource used by the NFV instance to communicate with an access network is adjusted based on the detected threshold condition. ## Claims ### Claim 1 (canceled) ### Claim 2 A computing node to implement a service coordinating entity in a wireless network, the computing node comprising: a memory device; communications circuitry; and processing circuitry coupled to the communications circuitry and the memory device, the processing circuitry configured to: monitor quality of service (QoS) metrics for a plurality of network function virtualization (NFV) instances, each of the plurality of NF V instances instantiated on a virtualization infrastructure of the service coordinating entity; retrieve a plurality of threshold metrics, the plurality of threshold metrics indicating a minimum level for each of the QoS metrics; detect that at least one QoS metric of the QoS metrics for an NFNI instance of the plurality of NFV instances is below a corresponding threshold metric of the plurality of threshold metrics; and adjust a hardware resource used by the NFV instance to establish a communication session with at least a second computing node in the wireless network based on detecting that the at least one QoS metric is below the corresponding threshold metric. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The computing node of claim 2, wherein each NFV instance of the plurality of NFV instances is provided by a respective Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC) application executing on the virtualization infrastructure of the service coordinating entity. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The computing node of claim 2, wherein the service coordinating entity is a Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC) host executing the plurality of NFV instances as respective MEC applications instantiated on the virtualization infrastructure. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The computing node of claim 4, wherein the MEC host is configured to operate according to a standard from a European Telecommunications Standards institute (ETSI) MEC standards family or ETSI NFV standards family. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The computing node of claim 2, wherein a QoS metric of QoS metrics comprises at least one of: communication throughput for at least one of the plurality of NFV instances; latency for the at least one of the plurality of NFV instances; bandwidth of a communication link between two NFV instances of the plurality of NFV instances; reliability for the at least one of the plurality of NFV instances; and power consumption of a hardware resource used by the at least one of the plurality of NFV instances. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The computing node of claim 6, wherein the communications circuitry is configured to: receive the QoS metrics for storing as Service Level Agreement (SLA) objectives. ### Claim 8 (depends on 2) The computing node of claim 2, wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to: determine a plurality of Top-down Microarchitecture Analysis Method (TMAM) metrics for the plurality of NFV instances; and select, based on the plurality of TMAM metrics, the hardware resource from a plurality of available hardware resources for adjustment based on the at least one QoS metric being below the corresponding threshold metric. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The computing node of claim 8, wherein the plurality of available hardware resources includes allocated processing power, allocated memory, and allocated communication bandwidth. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The computing node of claim 8, the THAM metrics include one or more of the following: metrics indicating a memory bound condition; metrics indicating a processing core bound condition; metrics indicating a frontend latency condition; and metrics indicating a processing misprediction condition. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The computing node of claim 8, wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to: generate a prediction for hardware resource utilization by the NFV instance based at least on the TMAM metrics; and adjust the hardware resource used by the NFV instance to communicate with the wireless network further based on the generated prediction. ### Claim 12 (depends on 2) The computing node of claim 2, wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to: allocate at least a portion of the memory device to store Class of Service (CloS) information for the wireless network. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The computing node of claim 12, wherein the CloS information includes: an identifier of a network traffic type for the wireless network; and a second plurality of threshold metrics associated with the network traffic type. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The computing node of claim 13, wherein the NFV instance is configured to communicate with the wireless network via the network traffic type, and wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to: detect the at least one QoS metric for the NFV instance is below a threshold metric of the second plurality of threshold metrics; and adjust the hardware resource used by the NFV instance to communicate with the wireless network based on detecting the at least one QoS metric is below the threshold metric of the second plurality of threshold metrics. ### Claim 15 At least one non-transitory machine-readable storage medium including instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed by a processing circuitry of a service coordinating entity in a wireless network, cause the processing circuitry to perform operations comprising: monitoring quality of service (QoS) metrics for a plurality of network function virtualization (NFV) instances, each of the plurality of NFV instances instantiated on a virtualization infrastructure of the service coordinating entity; retrieving a plurality of threshold metrics, the plurality of threshold metrics indicating a minimum level for each of the QoS metrics; detecting that at least one QoS metric of the QoS metrics for an NFV instance of the plurality of NFV instances is below a corresponding threshold metric of the plurality of threshold metrics; and adjusting a hardware resource used by the NFV instance to establish a communication session with at least a second computing node in the wireless network based on detecting that the at least one QoS metric is below the corresponding threshold metric. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The at least one non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the service coordinating entity is a Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC) host executing the plurality of NFV instances as respective MEC applications instantiated on the virtualization infrastructure. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The at least one non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the MEC host is configured to operate according to a standard from a European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) MEC standards family or ETSI NFV standards family. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The at least one non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein a QoS metric of QoS metrics comprises at least one of: communication throughput for at least one of the plurality of NFV instances; latency for the at least one of the plurality of NFV instances; bandwidth of a communication link between two NFV instances of the plurality NFV instances; reliability for the at least one of the plurality of NFV instances; and power consumption of a hardware resource used by the at least one of the plurality of NFV instances. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The at least one non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 18, the operations further comprising: receiving the QoS metrics for storing as Service Level Agreement (SLA) objectives. ### Claim 20 (depends on 15) The at least one non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 15, the operations further comprising: determining a plurality of Top-down Microarchitecture Analysis Method (TMAM) metrics for the plurality of NFV instances; and selecting, based on the plurality of TMAM metrics, the hardware resource from a plurality of available hardware resources for adjustment based on the at least one QoS metric being below the corresponding threshold metric. ### Claim 21 (depends on 20) The at least one non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 20, wherein the plurality of available hardware resources includes allocated processing power, allocated memory, and allocated communication bandwidth. ### Claim 22 (depends on 20) The at least one non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 20, the operations further comprising: generating a prediction for hardware resource utilization by the NFV instance based at least on the TMAM metrics; and adjusting the hardware resource used by the NF V instance to communicate with the wireless network further based on the generated prediction. ### Claim 23 An apparatus of a service coordinating entity in a wireless network, the apparatus comprising: means for monitoring quality of service (QoS) metrics for a plurality of network function virtualization (NFV) instances, each of the plurality of NFV instances instantiated on a virtualization infrastructure of the service coordinating entity; means for retrieving a plurality of threshold metrics, the plurality of threshold metrics indicating a minimum level for each of the QoS metrics; means for detecting that at least one QoS metric of the QoS metrics for an NFV instance of the plurality of NFV instances is below a corresponding threshold metric of the plurality of threshold metrics; and means for adjusting a hardware resource used by the NFV instance to establish a communication session with at least a second computing node in the wireless network based on detecting that the at least one QoS metric is below the corresponding threshold metric. ### Claim 24 (depends on 23) The apparatus of claim 23, wherein a QoS metric of QoS metrics comprises at least one of: communication throughput for at least one of the plurality of NFV instances; latency for the at least one of the plurality of NFV instances; bandwidth of a communication link between two NFV instances of the plurality of NFV instances; reliability for the at least one of the plurality of NFV instances; and power consumption of a hardware resource used by the at least one of the plurality of NFV instances. ### Claim 25 (depends on 24) The apparatus of claim 24, further comprising: means for receiving the QoS metrics for storing as Service Level Agreement (SLA) objectives. ### Claim 26 (depends on 23) The apparatus of claim 23, further comprising: means for determining a plurality of Top-down Microarchitecture Analysis Method (TMAM) metrics for the plurality of NFV instances; and means for selecting, based on the plurality of TMAM metrics, the hardware resource from a plurality of available hardware resources for adjustment based on the at least one QoS metric being below the corresponding threshold metric.