Allocation of shared resources for virtualized networking

摘要

Technology for allocating network adapter resources such as air interface time and queue space amongst multiple virtual network stations or other virtual adapters is disclosed. As one example, the resource allocation may be based on analysis of the relative latency, jitter, or bandwidth considerations for applications communicating via each of the multiple virtual adapters. The resource allocation may also be based on how efficiently each of the virtual adapters utilized previously allocated resources.

主权项

1. A method of sharing use of a shared physical radio amongst multiple virtual wireless stations, comprising:
receiving information from each of multiple virtual wireless stations operating on a single computing device, wherein each of the multiple virtual stations is configured to communicate with an air interface via the shared physical radio, the information including attributes associated with latency and/or bandwidth characteristics of multiple applications communicating over the shared physical radio via respective corresponding virtual stations of the multiple virtual stations; allocating a radio transmission schedule of the shared physical radio and/or a radio reception schedule of the shared physical radio based at least in part on the latency and/or bandwidth characteristics of each of the multiple applications; and transmitting data to and/or receiving data from the multiple virtual stations according to the allocated radio transmission schedule and/or the radio reception schedule.