Managing vendor credits during load balancing
AssigneeSprint Communications Company L.P.
InventorJasinder Pal Singh
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Abstract
A computer-implemented method of using vendor credits to achieve load balancing in a communications network is described. Network traffic operating under a first carrier of the communications network is monitored. Initial load balancing triggers are set, by which network traffic of the first carrier is offloaded to a second carrier. It is determined whether the initial load balancing triggers have been met. It is also determined whether a vendor credit of the first carrier is available when the initial load balancing triggers have been met. One or more devices of the first carrier are offloaded to the second carrier when a vendor credit of the first carrier is available.
Claims20
One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media with computer-readable instructions embodied thereon, that when executed by a computing device, perform a method of using vendor credits to achieve load balancing in a communications network, the method comprising:
- monitoring incoming network traffic operating under a first carrier of the communications network, wherein the first carrier operates at a first spectrum;
- establishing initial load balancing triggers by which to offload network traffic of the first carrier to a second carrier, wherein the second carrier operates at a second spectrum;
- determining, via the processor, whether the initial load balancing triggers have been met;
- reducing the initial load balancing triggers when the initial triggers are not met;
- determining, via the processor, whether a vendor credit of the first carrier is available when either the initial load balancing triggers or the reduced initial load balancing triggers have been met;
- identifying one or more devices of the first carrier that are configured to communicate over either the first spectrum or the second spectrum;
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- offloading the identified one or more devices of the first carrier to the second carrier when the vendor credit of the first carrier is available.
A computer-implemented method of load balancing between multiple carriers in a network using a computing system having memory, processor, and data storage components, the computer-implemented method comprising:
- receiving incoming network traffic operating under a first carrier of the network;
- establishing initial load balancing triggers to move the network traffic from the first carrier to a second carrier;
- determining, via the processor, whether the initial load balancing triggers have been met;
- reducing the initial load balancing triggers when the initial triggers are not met;
- determining, via the processor, whether a vendor credit from the second carrier to the first carrier is available when the initial load balancing triggers or the reduce initial load balancing triggers have been met;
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- moving one or more devices from the first carrier to the second carrier when the vendor credit from the second carrier to the first carrier is available.
A computer-implemented method of load balancing between multiple carriers in a telecommunications network using a computing system having memory, processor, and data storage components, the computer-implemented method comprising:
- receiving incoming network traffic operating under a first carrier of the telecommunications network;
- identifying one or more user devices operating at a first bandwidth level of the first carrier that are capable of operating at a second bandwidth level of a second carrier;
- determining, via the processor, that one or more load balancing triggers have been met pertaining to the received incoming network traffic operating under the first carrier;
- reducing the initial load balancing triggers when the initial triggers are not met;
- determining, via the processor, that a vendor credit is available from the second carrier to the first carrier when the initial load balancing triggers or the reduced initial load balancing triggers are met;
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- moving some of the identified one or more user devices from the first carrier to the second carrier in order to use the available vendor credit from the second carrier to the first carrier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.