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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2016
British Telecommunications Public Limited Company, London, GB;
Vidhyalakshmi Karthikeyan, London, GB;
Detlef Nauck, London, GB;
BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS public limited company, London, GB;
Abstract
The present invention provides a method comprising: receiving a plurality of queries, each query specifying one or more quality-of-service (QoS) requirements for the transmission of a data flow in a network; determining a query prototype, the query prototype comprising at least one QoS component value based on the one or more QoS requirements; obtaining a plurality of items of route data, wherein each item of route data is associated with a corresponding route through the network and indicates a QoS component of the corresponding route; comparing the route data with the query prototype to identify routes which match the query prototype; and in the event that a selected number of routes match the query prototype, responding to a further query by transmitting a query response comprising a new QoS model based on the matching query prototype.