OPTIMIZER SELECTION IN WIRELESS NETWORKS

摘要

Network service providers often make use of traffic optimizers, in order to balance the objectives of maximizing users' quality of experience (“QoE”) with the costs of transmitting data. Certain content providers may make use of their own optimization algorithms, which may be interfered with by network providers' traffic optimizers. As described herein, a master optimization controller (“MOC”) may be able to enable or disable traffic optimizers within a network by enhancing a Transmission Control Protocol (“TCP”) three-way handshake procedure. The MOC may also perform traffic optimization, thus serving as the only device that performs optimization on traffic. Additionally, while traffic optimizers within a network are typically not visible to third party content providers, the MOC may perform optimization in a manner that may be visible to, and controlled by, a content provider.

主权项

1. A device, comprising:
a memory device storing a set of processor-executable instructions; and a processor configured to execute the processor-executable instructions, wherein executing the processor-executable instructions causes the processor to:
determine a resource locator associated with a particular content provider;identify, based on the resource locator associated with the particular content provider, a traffic flow between a user device and the particular content provider;output, based on identifying the traffic flow between the user device and the particular content provider, an instruction instructing any optimizers, in a signal path between the device and the content provider, to pass through traffic associated with the traffic flow, without performing optimization on the traffic.