METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ALLOCATING RESOURCES IN A DISTRIBUTED ENVIRONMENT BASED ON NETWORK ASSESSMENT

摘要

Methods and apparatus are provided for allocating resources in a distributed environment, such as a packet network, based on a network assessment. One or more resources are allocated to a request in a distributed environmen t by identifying one or more potential resources to handle the request; obtaining a network connection assessment between the requester and the one or more potential resources; and assigning at least one of the one or more potential resources to the request based on the evaluation. The network connection assessment can asses s, for example, a quality of a network connection between the requester and each of the one or more potential resources or evaluate a topology of the network connection between the requester and each of the one or more potential resources. The o ne or more resources can be selected based on a score assigned to each of the one or more potential resources.