US 12,113,670 B2
Network management
Ruth Brown, London (GB); Jonathan Hart, London (GB); and Maria Cuevas Ramirez, London (GB)
Assigned to BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS public limited company, London (GB)
Appl. No. 17/431,772
Filed by BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY, London (GB)
PCT Filed Jan. 30, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/052259
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 18, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/169315, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 27, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 19158918 (EP), filed on Feb. 22, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0150118 A1, May 12, 2022
Int. Cl. H04L 41/0816 (2022.01); A63F 13/332 (2014.01); A63F 13/358 (2014.01); H04L 45/12 (2022.01); H04L 47/80 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 41/0816 (2013.01) [A63F 13/332 (2014.09); A63F 13/358 (2014.09); H04L 45/124 (2013.01); H04L 47/808 (2013.01)] 32 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of managing a telecommunications network, the telecommunications network having a first user and a second user, the method comprising:
ascertaining a competitive characteristic associated with the first user and a competitive characteristic associated with the second user, wherein each competitive characteristic comprises an indication of a level of skill of the associated user;
comparing the ascertained levels of skill for the first and second users;
identifying whether there is a disparity between the levels of skill that exceeds a threshold, thereby to identify a competitive advantage associated with the first or second user; and
in response to identifying that the disparity between the levels of skill exceeds the threshold, adapting a network configuration of a network connection associated with the first user so as to increase a difference in network performance between the first user and the second user thereby to help offset the competitive advantage due to said disparity.