Protocol for anycast based discovery of local resources

A method for anycast resource provisioning, comprising:

• sending, from processor of a computing device, an anycast resource publication message to an anycast resource discovery protocol (ARDP) node server, the anycast resource publication message including an identifier, a type indication, and an Internet Protocol (IP) address indication of the computing device;
• receiving, at the processor of the computing device, a communication from a client computing device at a port corresponding to a port indication in the anycast resource publication message;
• and
• sending, from the processor of the computing device, a response message to the client computing device in response to receiving the communication from the client computing device.

A method for anycast resource discovery, comprising:

• sending, from a processor of a computing device, an anycast service request message to an anycast resource discovery protocol (ARDP) node server, the anycast service request message indicating at least a type request;
• receiving, at the processor of the computing device, a service response message from the ARDP node server, the service response message including an identifier, a type indication, and an Internet Protocol (IP) address indication of at least one resource computing device and the type indication matching the type request;
• sending, from the processor of the computing device, a communication to a port of the at least one resource computing device corresponding to a port indication in the service response message;
• and
• receiving, at the processor of the computing device, a response message from the at least one resource computing device.

A server, comprising:

• a processor configured with processor-executable instructions to perform operations comprising:
• receiving one or more anycast resource publication messages from one or more resource computing devices, each anycast resource publication message including an identifier, a type indication, and an Internet Protocol (IP) address indication associated with the respective resource computing device sending that resource publication message;
• storing a unique entry in a database of services for each received anycast resource publication message, each unique entry including the identifier, the type indication, and the IP address indication of that respective received anycast resource publication message;
• receiving an anycast service request message from a client computing device, the anycast service request message indicating at least a type request;
• determining any type indications stored in the database of services matching the type request;
• and
• sending a service response message to the client computing device, the service response message including the unique entries having type indications determined to match the type request.

A device, comprising:

• a processor configured with processor-executable instructions to perform operations comprising:
• sending an anycast resource publication message to an anycast resource discovery protocol (ARDP) node server, the anycast resource publication message including an identifier, a type indication, and an Internet Protocol (IP) address indication of the computing device;
• receiving a communication from a client computing device at a port corresponding to a port indication in the anycast resource publication message;
• and
• sending a response message to the client computing device in response to receiving the communication from the client computing device.

A device, comprising:

• a processor configured with processor-executable instructions to perform operations comprising:
• sending device, an anycast service request message to an anycast resource discovery protocol (ARDP) node server, the anycast service request message indicating at least a type request;
• receiving a service response message from the ARDP server, the service response message including an identifier, a type indication, and an Internet Protocol (IP) address indication of at least one resource computing device and the type indication matching the type request;
• sending a communication to a port of the at least one resource computing device corresponding to a port indication in the service response message;
• and
• receiving a response message from the at least one resource computing device.