Intelligent allocation of network resources
Systems, devices, and techniques described herein relate to intelligently allocating network resources to Quality of Service (QoS)-sensitive data traffic. An example method includes identifying a request to deliver QoS-sensitive services to a User Equipment (UE) over at least one delivery network. The at least one delivery network may include at least one reserved resource and at least one pooled resource. The QoS-sensitive services are determined to be delivered over the at least one pooled resource. In addition, delivery of the QoS-sensitive services is caused over the at least one pooled resource.
1. A method, comprising:
identifying a request to deliver Quality of Service (QoS)-sensitive services to a User Equipment (UE) over at least one 5th Generation (5G) network, the at least one 5G network comprising a reserved resource and a pooled resource;
receiving an acceptability message indicating that delivery of the QoS-sensitive services to the UE is acceptable to the UE;
in response to determining: (A) that reserved resources are available for the QoS-sensitive services, (B) that the QoS-sensitive services are emergency services, (C) that the radio signal strength is below a first threshold, and (D) that a congestion level of the reserved resources is below a second threshold, causing delivery of the QoS-sensitive services over the reserved resource; and
instead, when not causing delivery of the QoS-sensitive services over the reserved resource, causing delivery of the QoS-sensitive services over the pooled resource.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one 5G network comprises a 5G Radio Access Network (RAN) and a 5G core network.
3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
identifying a first 5G QoS Indicator (5QI) associated with the QoS-sensitive services,
wherein the pooled resource is associated with a second 5QI that is different than the first 5QI, the second 5QI having at least one of a lower priority level, a greater packet delay budget, or a higher packet error rate than the first 5QI.
4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining that a strength of a radio signal transmitted between the UE and a 5G Radio Access Network (RAN) is above a third threshold.
5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
transmitting, to a resource allocator in the at least one 5G network, a second request to allocate the reserved resource to the QoS-sensitive services; and
determining that a wait time has expired without having received a response to the second request.
6. A method, comprising:
identifying a request to deliver Quality of Service (QoS)-sensitive services to a User Equipment (UE) over at least one delivery network, the at least one delivery network comprising at least one reserved resource and at least one pooled resource;
determining to deliver the QoS-sensitive services over the at least one pooled resource, wherein the determining includes determining: (A) that reserved resources are not available for the QoS-sensitive services, (B) that the radio signal strength meets or exceeds a first threshold, and (C) that a congestion level of the reserved resources is meets or exceeds a second threshold; and
in response to the determining, causing delivery of the QoS-sensitive services over the at least one pooled resource.
7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the at least one reserved resource and the QoS-sensitive services are associated with at least one of a first priority level, a first packet delay budget, a first maximum packet error rate, or a first Guaranteed Bit Rate (GBR), and
wherein the at least one pooled resource is associated with at least one of a second priority level that is lower than the first priority level, a second packet delay budget that is greater than the first packet delay budget, a second maximum packet error rate that is greater than the first maximum packet error rate, or a second GBR that is lower than the first GBR.
8. The method of claim 6 , wherein determining to deliver the QoS-sensitive services over the pooled resource comprises:
determining that a first congestion level of the at least one reserved resource is below a first threshold level; and
determining that a second congestion level of the at least one pooled resource is above a second threshold level.
9. The method of claim 6 , the request being a first request, wherein determining to deliver the QoS-sensitive services over the at least one pooled resource comprises:
transmitting, to a resource allocator in the at least one delivery network, a second request to allocate the at least one reserved resource to the QoS-sensitive services; and
determining that a wait time has expired without having received a response to the second request.
10. The method of claim 6 , wherein the at least one delivery network comprises at least one of a 5th Generation (5G) Radio Access Network (RAN) or a 5G core network.
11. A system, comprising:
at least one processor; and
memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least processor, cause the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:
identifying a request to deliver Quality of Service (QoS)-sensitive services to a User Equipment (UE) over at least one delivery network, the at least one delivery network comprising at least one reserved resource and at least one pooled resource;
determining to deliver the QoS-sensitive services over the at least one pooled resource, wherein the determining includes determining: (A) that reserved resources are not available for the QoS-sensitive services, (B) that the radio signal strength meets or exceeds a first threshold, and (C) that a congestion level of the reserved resources is meets or exceeds a second threshold; and
in response to the determining, causing delivery of the QoS-sensitive services over the at least one pooled resource.
12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the at least one reserved resource and the QoS-sensitive services are associated with at least one of a first priority level, a first packet delay budget, a first maximum packet error rate, or a first Guaranteed Bit Rate (GBR), and
wherein the at least one pooled resource is associated with at least one of a second priority level that is lower than the first priority level, a second packet delay budget that is greater than the first packet delay budget, a second maximum packet error rate that is greater than the first maximum packet error rate, or a second GBR that is lower than the first GBR.
13. The system of claim 11 , wherein determining to deliver the QoS-sensitive services over the at least one pooled resource comprises:
determining that a first congestion level of the at least one reserved resource is below a first threshold level; and
determining that a second congestion level of the at least one pooled resource is above a second threshold level.
14. The system of claim 11 , the request being a first request, wherein determining to deliver the QoS-sensitive services over the at least one pooled resource comprises:
transmitting, to a resource allocator in the at least one delivery network, a second request to allocate the at least one reserved resource to the QoS-sensitive services; and
determining that a wait time has expired without having received a response to the second request.
15. The system of claim 11 , wherein the at least one delivery network comprises at least one of a 5th Generation (5G) Radio Access Network (RAN) or a 5G core network.
16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the system is comprised in at least one of the 5G RAN or the 5G core network.