Service provisioning using abstracted network resource requirements

摘要

Interference costs on virtual radio interfaces can be modeled as a function of loading in a wireless network to estimate changes in spectral efficiency and/or resource availability that would result from a provisioning decision. In one example, this modeling is achieved through cost functions that are developed from historical and/or simulated resource cost data corresponding to the wireless network. The cost data may include interference data, spectral efficiency data, and/or loading data for various links over a common period of time (e.g., a month, a year, etc.), and may be analyzed and/or consolidated to obtain correlations between interference costs and loading on the various links in the network. As an example, a cost function may specify an interference cost on one virtual link as a function of loading on one or more neighboring virtual links.

主权项

1. A method for provisioning resources, the method comprising:
obtaining, by a device, a resource cost database for a wireless network, the resource cost database specifying an interference cost on a first virtual link as a function of loading on a second virtual link, wherein the first virtual link corresponds to a first radio interface and the second virtual link corresponds to a second radio interface, and wherein the first radio interface and the second radio interface are available for carrying traffic in the wireless network; gathering network loading information for the wireless network, the network loading information corresponding to an initial interval; and provisioning network resources for a subsequent interval in accordance with the network loading information and the resource cost database, wherein provisioning network resources for the subsequent interval in accordance with the network loading information and the resource cost database comprises calculating an interference cost estimate over the first virtual link based on a load on the second virtual link using the function of loading on the second virtual link specified by the resource cost database, and provisioning resources over at least one of the first virtual link and the second virtual link based on the interference cost estimate on the first virtual link.