DISTRIBUTED MICROCACHING FOR CONTENT DELIVERY

摘要

To fulfill a request by a user for media or data content, disclosed methods and systems provide for delivering the content item from a content delivery network and an initial portion of the content item from a cache residing in one or more local devices that are in communication with the user system. To locate the requested content, the user system may use one or more manifests of available cache locations and content. The local devices may provide cached content to the user system via a wireless network, which may be a mesh WiFi network.