SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DELIVERING CONTENT IN A CONTENT DELIVERY NETWORK

摘要

A content delivery method and system based on popularity-driven pre-provisioning of content in a content delivery network (CDN). In one method, a network element may obtain trend data relative to a particular content to be distributed by the CDN. The network element may also obtain demographic data of subscribers serviced by the CDN. An expected popularity distribution of the particular content is forecasted based on a metric derived from at least one of the trend data and the demographic data. A push policy for pushing and/or pre-provisioning of the content to one or more nodes of the CDN is effectuated at the network element based on the expected popularity distribution of the content relative to the geographical region serviced by the CDN.

主权项

1. A content delivery method, comprising:
obtaining trend data relative to a particular content to be distributed in a geographical region serviced by a content delivery network; obtaining demographic data of subscribers serviced by the content delivery network; forecasting an expected popularity distribution of the particular content in the geographical region based on a metric depending on at least one of the trend data and the demographic data; and effectuating a push policy for pushing the particular content to one or more nodes of the content delivery network based on the expected popularity distribution of the particular content relative to the geographical region serviced by the content delivery network.