Time-value curves to provide dynamic QoS for time sensitive file transfers

摘要

A method and apparatus has been shown and described which allows Quality of Service to be controlled at a temporal granularity. Time-value curves, generated for each task, ensure that mission resources are utilized in a manner which optimizes mission performance. It should be noted, however, that although the present invention has shown and described the use of time-value curves as applied to mission workflow tasks, the present invention is not limited to this application; rather, it can be readily appreciated by one of skill in the art that time-value curves may be used to optimize the delivery of any resource to any consumer by taking into account the dynamic environment of the consumer and resource.

主权项

1. A method of allocating at least one network resource among a plurality of tasks, at least one task of the plurality of tasks having a respective priority that varies continuously as a function of time, the method comprising:
over each of a plurality of time intervals, allocating the at least one network resource based on relative values of the respective priorities over each of the plurality of time intervals, the at least one task of the plurality of tasks having a respective priority that increases from a non-zero lowest value at a beginning of a finite time interval for which the at least one task is executing to a highest value before the end of the finite time interval and remains at the highest value until the end of the finite time interval.