Optimized content routing distribution using proximity based on predictive client flow trajectories

A system, comprising:

• one or more computer processors;
• and
• a memory containing a program, which when executed by the one or more computer processors, performs an operation, the operation comprising:
• capturing, at one or more peering routers, parameters for a plurality of data packets sent by a client device and specifying a destination network address;
• identifying which peering router captured the parameters for each of the plurality of data packets;
• determining, based on the identified peering routers, a first peering router nearest to the client, relative to the other peering routers;
• identifying a first content cache, of a plurality of content caches in a content distribution network, nearest to the first peering router;
• and
• fulfilling a content request from the client device using content stored on the first content cache.

A computer program product, comprising:

• a computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code embodied therewith, the computer-readable program code comprising:
• computer-readable program code configured to capture, at one or more peering routers, a plurality of data packets sent by a client device and specifying a destination network address;
• computer-readable program code configured to identify which peering router captured the parameters for each of the plurality of data packets;
• computer-readable program code configured to determine, based on the identified peering routers, a first peering router nearest to the client, relative to the other peering routers;
• computer-readable program code configured to identify a first content cache, of a plurality of content caches in a content distribution network, nearest to the first peering router;
• and
• computer-readable program code configured to fulfill a content request from the client device using content stored on the first content cache.