Information processing apparatus and information processing method

Abstract

The present invention provides an information processing device and an information processing method for selecting the most appropriate data center from among data centers located in an optical network. [Solution] In a communication system, the controller, which is an information processing device, includes a control unit. The control unit acquires device information relating to one or more processing devices that communicate via an optical network. The control unit acquires a request from a service provider device for performing a task related to the service. Based on the device information, the control unit selects a processing device that will perform the task according to the request and transmit the task execution result to the service provider via the optical network.

Claims

1. Device information is obtained for one or more processing devices that communicate via an optical network. The service provider device obtains a request for performing a task related to the said service. A control unit that selects, based on the device information, the processing device that performs the task in accordance with the request, and the processing device that transmits the results of the task to the service provider via the optical network. An information processing device equipped with the following features.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the request includes information regarding the delay time until the service is received, the transmission bandwidth for transmitting the execution result of the task, the utilization rate of computing resources when executing the task, and at least one of the attributes relating to the task.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the request includes a real-time request for providing the service to the recipient in real time.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the real-time request includes information regarding the delay time.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit selects the same processing apparatus as the processing apparatus that executes the task and the processing apparatus that transmits the execution result.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit selects two or more of the processing apparatuses.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit selects a first processing apparatus for executing the task and a second processing apparatus different from the first processing apparatus, the second processing apparatus for obtaining the execution result of the task from the first processing apparatus and transmitting it to the recipient.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the second processing apparatus performs a task different from the task performed by the first processing apparatus, and transmits the execution result of the task performed by the first processing apparatus and the execution result of the other task to the recipient.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit selects a first processing apparatus that executes a first subtask from among the subtasks obtained by dividing the task into two or more subtasks, and a second processing apparatus different from the first processing apparatus that executes a second subtask different from the first subtask from among the subtasks obtained by dividing the task into two or more subtasks.

10. The first subtask described above is a subtask common to multiple recipients, The second subtask is an individual subtask for each of the multiple recipients. The information processing apparatus according to claim 9.

11. The information processing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the control unit selects the second processing apparatus as the processing apparatus that transmits the execution result of the task to the recipient.

12. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit selects another processing apparatus to perform the task in response to a notification from the processing apparatus that performs the task.

13. The information processing apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the notification is transmitted from the processing apparatus which is unable to fulfill the request obtained from the providing device.

14. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the recipient is a terminal device used by a user.

15. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the optical network is an all-photonics network (APN).

16. An information processing device that provides services, A request is sent to the management device to perform a task related to the service, A control unit, which acquires information from the management device about a processing device selected by the management device that acquires device information about one or more processing devices that communicate via an optical network, and which performs the task in accordance with the request and transmits the execution result of the task to the service provider via the optical network, An information processing device equipped with the following features.

17. To obtain device information regarding one or more processing devices that communicate via an optical network, Obtaining a request from the service provider device to perform a task related to the said service, Selecting the processing unit that, based on the device information, executes the task in accordance with the request and transmits the execution result of the task to the service provider via the optical network, Information processing methods including

18. An information processing method for an information processing device that provides services, Sending a request to the management device to perform a task related to the service, The management device acquires device information relating to one or more processing devices that communicate via an optical network, and the management device acquires information from the management device regarding the processing device that performs the task in accordance with the request and transmits the execution result of the task to the service provider via the optical network. Information processing methods including

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