CONTENT DISTRIBUTION AND DELIVERY OPTIMIZATION IN A CONTENT DELIVERY NETWORK (CDN)

    公开(公告)号:US20190037044A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-31

    申请号:US16073651

    申请日:2016-03-01

    IPC分类号: H04L29/08

    摘要: The disclosure relates to a method and request router (RR) to optimize content distribution in a Content Distribution Network (CDN) avoiding (unnecessary traffic towards the Content Provider) requesting the content to the origin server when the content is already available in one of the Delivery Nodes of the CDN. This is achieved by providing a path to a delivery node (DN) caching a requested content, in a content delivery network (CDN) comprising a plurality of DNs. The method comprises selecting a first DN caching the requested content. Upon determination that the first DN (90-1) has reached a maximum capacity, the method comprises selecting a second DN (90-2), which is not caching the requested content, for caching the requested content. The method comprises providing instructions, for use by the second DN, to fetch the requested content from the first DN using a reserved interface and providing a path to the second DN.