摘要 |
A reconfigurable distributed service network provides telecommunications and other services to users via components and services at interconnected network re gions. Each region maintains a record of the services and components available in the region and utilization of these services and/or components is obtained by reference to the record. New services and components can be added to the region by updating the record, and services and c omponents can be removed from the region, for preventative maintenance, etc., by appropriately updating the record. Entries in the record can be ordered to determine the order in which lik e components and/or services are utilized and this order can be set according to the degree o f utilization of region servers on which said services and/or components are installed. It is als o possible to include services and/or components at other regions, which are accessible via a communications backbone, in the record of services and components in a region.
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