METHODS, APPARATUSES AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR ENHANCING PERFORMANCE AND CONTROLLING QUALITY OF SERVICE OF DEVICES BY USING APPLICATION AWARENESS

摘要

An apparatus for assigning priority to applications for execution by a hardware resource according to the priority may include a processor and memory storing executable computer program code that cause the apparatus to at least perform operations including assigning priority information to a plurality of applications based in part on receipt of one or more indications specifying a priority of the applications. The computer program code may further cause the apparatus to determine that at least one hardware resource executes commands of at least a subset of the applications. The computer program code may further cause the apparatus to enable the hardware resource to execute one or more of the commands associated with a first application of the subset assigned a higher priority prior to execution of commands associated with at least another application of the subset assigned a lower priority. Corresponding methods and computer program products are also provided.