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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2018
Applicant:
Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/167 (2006.01); H04L 67/568 (2022.01); H04L 67/1008 (2022.01); H04L 67/1025 (2022.01); H04L 67/2885 (2022.01); H04L 67/63 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/2842 (2013.01); H04L 67/1008 (2013.01); H04L 67/1025 (2013.01); H04L 67/2885 (2013.01); H04L 67/327 (2013.01);
Abstract
A request router is disclosed for a multi-tier Content Delivery Network (CDN), each tier corresponding to a hierarchical layer of the CDN. The request router includes processing circuitry configured to: receive, from a first delivery node of a hierarchical layer of the CDN, a routing request to bypass the first delivery node for content delivery to a user equipment; and as a result of receiving the routing request to bypass the first delivery node for the content delivery to the user equipment, select at least a second delivery node for the content delivery to the user equipment.