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Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2018

Filed:

Oct. 15, 2013
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Ivor Bradley, Belfast, GB;

Timothy R. Croy, Ballymena, GB;

John E. Dinger, Cary, NC (US);

Matthew E. Duggan, Chertsey, GB;

Randy George, Austin, TX (US);

Trevor Graham, Hillsborough, GB;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/50 (2013.01);
Abstract

Techniques are provided for service placement on hosts for a consumer based on geographic location The techniques include: determining a geographical location of a consumer; and inputting a topology model of an environment including multiple candidate hosts to support a service required by the consumer, the topology model including: a geographic location of each of resource in the environment; and connectivity details between the resources and between the resources and the consumer. The techniques also include: specifying bounding requirements for a host and/or bounding requirements for a path between the consumer to a host; calculating the distance from a candidate host to the consumer; determining if bounding requirements are met by a candidate host; and ordering candidate hosts that meet bounding requirements by distance.


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