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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2020
Applicant:
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Inventor:
Robert Kevin Tomkins, Ottawa, CA;
Assignee:
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/63 (2022.01); H04L 45/745 (2022.01); H04L 45/02 (2022.01); H04L 67/5681 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/327 (2013.01); H04L 45/02 (2013.01); H04L 45/7457 (2013.01); H04L 67/2847 (2013.01);
Abstract
A content caching system enables an NDN network to place content closer to each end user(s) and to provide an explicit path for the target end user(s) to that content for better performance just in advance of users' anticipated request(s). The apparatus includes NDN routers and SDN controller employing a content commander, at least a content placement agent and at least one content analysis agent.