Abstract: A method of managing resources of a network comprising a profile mapping step and an orchestration step. The profile mapping step comprises assigning a profile to an end user device, and the orchestration step comprising using the profile to apply rules to network elements to manage resources of the network available to the end user device.

Abstract: A method for modelling a relationship between effective bandwidth coefficient (EBC) and mean throughput in a network includes: calculating an EBC for each sample packet trace of a specified traffic type, where the EBC is the ratio of the estimated effective bandwidth EB to mean traffic flow rate M of the sample packet trace; storing the EBC for each sample packet trace with the associated value of M; and modelling EBC versus M for a plurality of values of M for the specified traffic type. Calculating the EBC includes: setting a maximum packet delay target parameter and a violation target parameter for a specified traffic type; collecting a sample packet trace of the specified traffic type from a selected measurement point on the network; estimating the EB of the sample packet trace using the maximum packet delay target parameter and a violation target parameter; and calculating the EBC for the sample packet trace as EBC=EB/M.