US 2022/0103615 A1 · DISTRIBUTED CONTENT DISTRIBUTION NETWORK

Abstract

Examples of the present disclosure relate to a distributed CDN comprised of CDN nodes that each have a compute engine and a data store. Compute engines may be used to execute software associated with computing functionality of the distributed CDN and may be reconfigured according to changing conditions to adapt computing functionality to current or expected demand. Nodes may communicate with one another via an overlay network. A node may determine whether it should process a request or generate a route via the overlay network to the remote node, thereby enabling the remote node to process the request. In another example, a node may receive a request for a compute resource that is not currently provided by the node. The compute engine of the node may be reconfigured to provide the compute resource, thereby enabling the node to service the request rather than redirect the request to a different node.

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Dependent claims

A system comprising:

at least one processor;
and
memory, operatively connected to the at least one processor and storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to perform a set of operations, the set of operations comprising:
receiving, from a client device, a request for computing functionality of a content distribution network (CDN);
generating a local performance metric associated with processing the request for computing functionality;
evaluating, based at least in part on a remote performance metric for a remote CDN node, the local performance metric to determine whether to process the request for computing functionality;
when it is determined to process the request for computing functionality:
generating a response to the request to the request for computing functionality;
and
providing the response to the client device;
and
when it is determined not to process the request for computing functionality:
generating, via an overlay network, a route to the remote CDN node;
and
providing, to the remote CDN node, an indication to process, via the generated route, the request for computing functionality.

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Distributed content distribution network

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Abstract

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