Decentralized Routing via Relay Nodes for Latency Reduction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current Internet transit services are vulnerable to eavesdropping and fail to route around partially degraded networks, leading to suboptimal network performance, with a need for improved transmission speed, security, and reliability.
Innovation Solution
A decentralized system that continually measures latencies in computer networks and dynamically determines better performing paths between nodes, forming pulse groups and using relay nodes to route data through lower-latency paths, which can include multiple intermediary nodes, and employs blockchain for secure payment validation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Speed
If conventional shortest path routing is used at Network Layer, then routing simplicity is maintained, but network performance degrades when paths are partially degraded and transmission speed decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces intermediary nodes (relay nodes) that act as mediators to route data around degraded network paths. These intermediaries enable dynamic path selection by measuring latencies and routing through alternative nodes when direct paths are degraded, thereby improving transmission speed without requiring complete redesign of the routing system.
Solution Approach 2:
The routing system implements dynamic path selection by continuously measuring one-way latencies between nodes and adapting routing decisions in real-time. When network conditions change or paths degrade, the system dynamically recalculates optimal paths using measured latency data, ensuring maintained transmission speed despite network fluctuations.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If direct routing paths are used, then routing path length is minimized, but security against eavesdropping is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses intermediary relay nodes to route data through multiple hops instead of direct paths. This intermediation obscures the direct communication relationship between source and destination, making eavesdropping more difficult while the system compensates for the additional hops through intelligent path selection that minimizes total latency.
Solution Approach 2:
The system transitions from two-dimensional direct routing (source to destination) to multi-dimensional indirect routing through multiple relay nodes. This dimensional change in the routing path allows the system to achieve both security through obfuscation and performance through intelligent selection among multiple available dimensions or paths.
3Reliability
If conventional routing is used, then system simplicity is maintained, but reliability during network degradation is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements continuous feedback mechanisms where nodes measure one-way latencies to other nodes and use this feedback information to make informed routing decisions. This feedback loop enables the system to detect network degradation and automatically switch to alternative paths, improving reliability while the measurement and selection logic remains integrated into the routing protocol.
Solution Approach 2:
The routing system performs self-service by autonomously measuring latencies between nodes and selecting optimal paths without requiring external control. Each node independently contributes to the routing intelligence by measuring and reporting latency data, enabling the network to self-adapt to degradation and maintain reliability through distributed decision-making.
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AI summary
A method for autonomously selecting low-latency data routing paths across the Internet by a distributed system includes in response to a data transfer need between a first node in a first pulse group and a second node in a second pulse group, automatically forming a third pulse group comprising the first node, the second node, and at least one additional node from the first pulse group or the second pulse group, automatically measuring one-way latencies between nodes in the third pulse group, including a first one-way latency for a direct path from the first node to the second node, automatically determining a lower-latency data routing path from the first node to the second node through a relay node based on the one-way latencies in the third pulse group, and sending data from the first node to the second node along the lower-latency data routing path via the relay node.