Fault tolerant, content download system
AssigneeHuawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
InventorsDan Touitou, Eran Gampel, Adi Molkho
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Abstract
A network device to mitigate interruptions in content downloading from a content server to a client device in a client-server network is disclosed. The device includes a recovery module (RM) to migrate a data transfer connection from a first server to a second server responsive to detection of an interruption in data transfer from the first server. The migrated data transfer connection may include an instruction associated with an amount of data transferred prior to the interruption in data transfer.
Claims20
A network device to mitigate interruptions in content downloading from a content server to a client device in a client-server network, the device comprising:
- a recovery module (RM) to migrate a data transfer connection of the client device from a first server to a second server responsive to detection of an interruption in data transfer from said first server while maintaining a same TCP connection of the client device, said migrated data transfer connection comprising an instruction associated with an amount of data transferred prior to said interruption in data transfer.
A method of mitigating interruptions in content downloading from a content server to a client device in a client-server network, the method comprising:
- detecting an interruption in a data transfer connection from the content server to the client;
- migrating said data transfer connection of the client device to a second server while maintaining a same TCP connection of the client device;
- and
- including in said data transfer connection information associated with an amount of content downloaded prior to the interruption.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.