Base Station Local Storage for Mesh Content Delivery
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Solution Overview
Problem
The increasing strain and traffic on networks due to high demand for data access, particularly with high-definition content streaming, lead to poor latency and network issues, affecting user experience.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a base station with local storage and processing capabilities to store and serve digital content locally, reducing reliance on remote servers and optimizing content delivery through a mesh network, identifying and utilizing the closest available copies of digital content items for faster and more reliable delivery.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Speed
If content is delivered from remote servers, then network coverage is extended, but network traffic increases and latency worsens
Solution Approach 1:
The base station proactively retrieves and stores copies of frequently accessed content items in its local storage device before actual user requests occur. This preliminary action enables faster content delivery when users access the content, as the data is already cached locally rather than requiring real-time retrieval from remote servers.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates local copies of content items at the base station's storage device. Instead of delivering content directly from remote servers to users, the base station serves local copies that are identical to the remote versions but much faster to access. This copying approach reduces latency while maintaining content availability.
2Productivity
If multiple consumers stream HD content simultaneously, then user demand is met, but network traffic and strain increase
Solution Approach 1:
The base station pre-loads and stores copies of popular HD content items in its local storage capacity. When multiple consumers simultaneously request the same content, the base station serves these requests from local copies rather than aggregating all traffic through the network to remote servers, thereby reducing overall network traffic volume while maintaining high delivery capacity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system maintains local copies of content at the base station that can be served to multiple consumers simultaneously. This eliminates the need for all consumers to access the same content through the network at once, distributing the load and reducing peak network traffic while preserving the ability to serve multiple users concurrently.
3Speed
If local storage is implemented at base stations, then content delivery speed improves, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The base station stores local copies of content items that are frequently accessed by connected devices. By maintaining these copies locally, the base station can rapidly serve content requests without needing complex real-time processing or retrieval operations, thus improving speed while adding minimal complexity compared to full content processing capabilities.
Data Source
AI summary
A system includes a base station having a local storage device and a local processor, and providing a cell in a network for one or more clients communicatively connected to the base station. A content distribution module of the system is configured to store a local copy of a digital content item. A remote copy of the digital content item is stored on a remote computing device. A content request module of the system is configured to receive a request for the digital content item. A content serving module of the system is configured to identify at least one secondary source other than the remote computing device and the base station that stores a secondary copy of the digital content item, determine which of the local, remote and secondary copies of the digital content item may be delivered in a least amount of time, and deliver that copy.