US 11,750,530 B2
Network node, a wireless device, a resource allocation server and methods for resource allocation
Kåre Agardh, Lund (SE); and Rickard Ljung, Helsingborg (SE)
Assigned to SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Oct. 7, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/495,914.
Claims priority of application No. 2051290-1 (SE), filed on Nov. 5, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0141154 A1, May 5, 2022
Int. Cl. H04L 47/70 (2022.01); G06F 9/50 (2006.01); G06F 40/274 (2020.01); H04L 67/01 (2022.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 47/827 (2013.01) [G06F 9/505 (2013.01); G06F 40/274 (2020.01); H04L 63/0807 (2013.01); H04L 67/01 (2022.05)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A negotiating resource allocation server comprising memory circuitry, processor circuitry, and an interface, wherein the negotiating resource allocation server is configured to:
communicate with a plurality of other resource allocation servers;
receive, from a requester, a first resource allocation request indicative of a resource type;
negotiate, with a first resource allocation server of the plurality of other resource allocation servers, an allocation of a first resource based on the resource type indicated in the first resource allocation request, wherein the first resource allocation server is part of a first network and the negotiating resource allocation server is part of a second network different than the first network, wherein the negotiation of the allocation of the first resource comprises determining whether an agreement is reached between the negotiating resource allocation server and the first resource allocation server;
upon reaching the agreement between the negotiating resource allocation server and the first resource allocation server to grant the allocation of the first resource, selectively allocate the resource based on the negotiation with the first resource allocation server and generate a transaction in a resource allocation distributed ledger that is shared between the negotiating resource allocation server and the plurality of other resource allocation servers and that is operated according to a joint consensus mechanism;
receive a validation indicator upon a validation of the transaction on the resource allocation distributed ledger; and
upon receiving the validation indicator, transmit to the requester a first resource allocation response indicative of a grant of the resource.