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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2018
Khalifa University of Science, Technology and Research, Abu Dhabi, AE;
Emirates Telecommunications Corporation, Abu Dhabi, AE;
British Telecommunications Plc, London, GB;
Carla Di Cairano-Gilfedder, London, GB;
Siddhartha Shakya, London, GB;
Beum Seuk Lee, London, GB;
Gilbert Owusu, London, GB;
Kin Poon, Abu Dhabi, AE;
Khalifa University of Science, Technology and Research, Abu Dhabi, AE;
Emirates Telecommunications Corporation, Abu Dhabi, AE;
British Telecommunications PLC, London, GB;
Abstract
A method for designating a class of data content for determining how the content will be handled by a content delivery network (CDN) into one of: a transport designation by which content is transported from an entrance node to one or more edge nodes; a caching designation by which the content is stored at one or more edge nodes; and a hybrid designation by which content is stored at a node in the CDN for subsequent transport to one or more edge nodes in the CDN, the method comprising: determining a set of one or more transport designation options; determining a set of one or more caching designation options; determining a set of one or more hybrid designation options; determining a normalised measure resource requirement for each of the transport, caching and hybrid designation options; and selecting one designation option for the class of content from all of the transport, caching and hybrid designation options by an optimisation function for selecting the designation option based on the determined normalised resource requirement for each option.