System and method for selecting a content delivery network

摘要

A system and method for selecting a data delivery network. A determination is made of user information associated with a communication from a user. A determination is made of performance information for multiple data delivery networks. The data delivery network is selected for the communication from the multiple data delivery networks.

主权项

1. A method for selecting a data delivery network, comprising:
determining user information associated with a communication from a user, wherein the user information includes communication service requirements; determining performance information for a plurality of data delivery networks using performance information packets, wherein the performance information includes information relating to connection paths, load balancing, latency, alternative routes, real-time performance, synthetic traffic, and a number of real-time sessions active on each of the plurality of data delivery networks, the real-time sessions communicating data that includes real-time content, wherein one or more performance information packets traverse node segments of the plurality of data delivery networks to gather the network performance information from network nodes along the node segments of the plurality of data delivery networks, wherein the network nodes respectively append locally stored network performance information to the one or more performance information packets; and selecting, using the user information and the performance information and from the plurality of data delivery networks, a data delivery network for the communication, wherein the data delivery network facilitates two-way interactive media communications between the user and one or more second users.