Hybrid CDN Resource Orchestration for Dynamic Content Delivery
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current content delivery networks (CDNs) face challenges in efficiently managing the integration of physical and virtual resources to meet the increasing demand for digital content delivery, particularly in telecommunications networks, where standardization for governing the integration of virtualized telecom functions is not advanced.
Innovation Solution
A hybrid architecture that combines physical CDN infrastructures with cloud-type virtual resources, utilizing a resource orchestration device to manage and allocate physical and virtual resources dynamically based on service level agreements, ensuring real-time availability and efficient content delivery.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If physical CDN infrastructures are used for content delivery, then content delivery capacity is maintained, but adaptability to increasing digital content demand is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges physical CDN infrastructures with cloud-type virtual resources into a hybrid architecture. The resource orchestration device manages both physical content servers and virtualized resources, allowing the system to combine the stability and capacity of physical infrastructure with the flexibility and scalability of virtual resources, thereby simultaneously improving adaptability and maintaining delivery capacity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements dynamic resource allocation through the resource orchestration device, which can dynamically provision and manage virtual resources based on real-time content delivery demands. This allows the system to adapt flexibly to varying traffic patterns and content popularity, improving adaptability without requiring permanent over-provisioning of physical infrastructure.
2Adaptability or versatility
If virtual resources are integrated into CDN, then adaptability and scalability are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a resource orchestration device as an intermediary layer between the physical CDN infrastructure and cloud virtual resources. This intermediary manages the complexity of coordinating multiple resource types by providing standardized interfaces and abstraction, shielding the underlying complexity while enabling flexible resource management and allocation.
Solution Approach 2:
The resource orchestration device is designed as a universal platform capable of managing diverse resource types (physical servers, virtual machines, storage resources) through common management mechanisms. This multi-functionality reduces overall system complexity by consolidating management capabilities into a single versatile component rather than requiring separate management systems for each resource type.
3Reliability
If hybrid architecture combining physical and virtual resources is implemented, then service level agreement compliance is improved, but resource management complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements feedback mechanisms where the resource orchestration device continuously monitors resource utilization, performance metrics, and service level agreement compliance. Based on this feedback, the system dynamically adjusts resource allocation and provisioning decisions, ensuring SLA compliance while adapting to changing conditions. This closed-loop control manages complexity by using automated decision-making based on real-time data.
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AI summary
One embodiment relates to a device for resource orchestration configured to receive the following from a device for management of a digital content delivery service: a request for allocating content delivery resources and a characteristic representative of a level of service that is allocated to a provider of the content and concerning delivery of content. The device is configured to verify whether resources capable of delivering the content in compliance with the level of service characteristic are available from a determined set of resources comprising physical resources already deployed in a physical content delivery network and virtual resources already instantiated for the provider, and if it is detected that the available resources are insufficient, request the allocation of new physical resources in the physical content delivery network and/or the instantiation of new virtual resources for delivering the content.