EXTENDING CONTENT DELIVERY NETWORKS TO END USER DEVICES

摘要

A capability is provided for extending a content delivery network (CDN) to an end user device. The end user device is configured to operate as an extension of the CDN. The end user device includes a storage module configured to cache content items as part of the CDN. The end user device includes a control client configured to supporting caching of content items in the content cache. The control client of the end user device is configured to communicate with a control server for controlling loading of content items from network-based caches of the CDN to the storage module of the end user device. The control server is configured to communicate with a proxy server of the CDN for determining loading of content items from network-based caches of the CDN to the storage module of the end user device. 42