ABSTRACT

A method and apparatus have been shown and described, allowing the 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 that 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; instead, 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.

TIME-VALUE CURVES TO PROVIDE DYNAMIC QoS FOR TIME SENSITIVE FILE TRANSFERS
TIME-VALUE CURVES TO PROVIDE DYNAMIC QoS FOR TIME SENSITIVE FILE TRANSFERS

TIME-VALUE CURVES TO PROVIDE DYNAMIC QoS FOR TIME SENSITIVE FILE TRANSFERS

An Inventor: Dr. Tal Lavian

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

This invention generally relates to resource management and, more particularly, to a method and apparatus for generating and using time-value curves for resource management.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The effectiveness of any mission relies heavily on the ability of underlying infrastructure to respond to the dynamic requirements of the task.

Typically missions are layered upon an existing resource infrastructure such that the mission becomes merely a set of tasks supported by the infrastructure. Layering a mission upon an existing infrastructure typically mis-utilizes essential resources and increases the difficulty in detecting performance degradation or partial failures that adversely affect the mission. Allocating specific resources to a task is technically challenging and error-prone. It would be desirable to identify a mission architecture that would overcome prior art problems.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION