Dynamic hardware resource manager for software-defined communications system
US6768901B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 2, 2000 |
| Grant date | Jul 27, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 26, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/5011
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A hardware resource manager (18) dynamically allocates hardware resources in a software-defined communications system. The hardware resource manager (18) creates a specification of required hardware resources (300) necessary for executing a system application. The hardware resource manager (18) then creates a list of candidate hardware resources (306) from the plurality of available hardware resources in response to an application creating its own abstract resource specification (78) of required hardware resources. The hardware resource manager (18) then maps each required hardware resource on the specification of required hardware resources to a least functional and most available candidate hardware resource on the list of candidate hardware resources in a manner that maximally preserves most functional and least available candidate hardware resources on the list of candidate hardware resources (316-326).
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