Content-adaptive data center routing and forwarding in cloud computing environments

Abstract

High-performance applications, such as cloud game streaming, cloud virtual reality (VR), remote desktop, and others, are sensitive to various network conditions such as latency, jitter, and packet loss. The system of the present disclosure can match the network characteristics of a user device with the latency requirements of a specific application type, and the application session can be forwarded or assigned to an appropriate data center. To achieve this, application-specific network tests can be performed to determine the requirements for executing a high-performance application session for the user. The results of these tests, together with the application-specific performance requirements, can be used to find a suitable data center from a set of available data centers that is capable of hosting the application session without degradation. As a result, efficient utilization of the distributed infrastructure can be achieved while avoiding congestion and hot spot issues and providing an optimized application experience for the end user.

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