CACHE MANIFEST FOR EFFICIENT PEER ASSISTED STREAMING

摘要

A method for delivering content in a communication network includes receiving, by a cache, a request message requesting content to be served. The method includes storing multiple cache manifests corresponding to indicating content and capabilities of a plurality of caches. Each cache manifest indicates content and capabilities of a respective one of the caches and lists descriptions of the content stored in the respective cache. The method includes determining, based on information in the plurality of cache manifests, to serve the requested content, by selecting a cache from which to serve the requested content. The method includes in response to the determination, instructing the selected cache to transmit the requested content to a client device that generated the request message; and alternatively determining to not serve the requested content, based on the information in the plurality of cache manifests, and forwarding the request message to a higher level device.

主权项

1. A method for delivering content in a communication network, the method including:
receiving a request message requesting content to be served; storing a plurality of cache manifests corresponding to indicating content and capabilities of a plurality of caches, each of the cache manifests indicating content and capabilities of a respective one of the caches and listing descriptions of the content stored in the respective cache; determining, based on information in the plurality of cache manifests, to serve the requested content, wherein the determining to serve comprises selecting from the plurality of caches a cache from which to serve the requested content; in response to the determination, instructing the selected cache to transmit the requested content to a client device that generated the request message; and alternatively determining to not serve the requested content, based on the information in the plurality of cache manifests, and forwarding the request message to a higher level device.