Gateway Packet Suppression Based on Destination Load
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing network systems face challenges in reducing communication traffic volume without suppressing high-severity information, leading to network overload and inefficient data processing, particularly in cloud services that rely on sensor information transfer across wide-area networks.
Innovation Solution
A network system with a gateway that receives processing load information from a data center and judges whether to suppress packet transfer based on this information, reducing communication traffic volume without impacting high-severity data, by using a storage unit and processing unit to manage packet delivery.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of energy
If the gateway suppresses packet transfer based on destination address information only, then communication traffic volume is reduced, but high-severity information may be incorrectly suppressed
Solution Approach 1:
The gateway performs preliminary analysis of packet content before forwarding, examining severity indicators and destination information in advance to make informed decisions about packet suppression, preventing high-severity information from being incorrectly dropped
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback mechanisms where the gateway continuously monitors packet flow patterns, severity distributions, and network conditions to dynamically adjust suppression thresholds and rules, improving accuracy over time
2Productivity
If the data center increases information processing capacity to handle all packets, then all information can be processed, but the data center becomes overloaded and processing cannot continue
Solution Approach 1:
The gateway extracts and filters out low-severity or redundant packets before they reach the data center, removing unnecessary processing load while preserving high-severity information that requires full processing capacity
Solution Approach 2:
Different packets are treated with different quality levels based on their severity classification, with high-severity packets receiving full processing resources while low-severity packets are suppressed or deferred
3Loss of information
If the system transmits all packets to the network regardless of destination overload status, then no information is lost, but network bandwidth is wasted on unnecessary transmissions
Solution Approach 1:
The gateway performs preliminary assessment of destination overload status and packet severity before transmission, making advance decisions to suppress packets destined for overloaded centers, preventing wasteful network usage
Solution Approach 2:
The gateway acts as an intermediary between packet sources and data centers, intelligently mediating packet flow by suppressing transmissions to overloaded destinations while ensuring high-severity information reaches appropriate centers
Data Source
AI summary
A gateway suppresses data volume considering processing load information of a destination to reduce communication traffic volume of a network without suppressing the information with high severity. In a network system comprising the data center, the management node and the gateway connected via a plurality of networks, a communication function section of the gateway includes a table control unit that receives the processing load information of the data center as a packet destination from the management node and retains the information in a transfer management table. A transfer stop control unit of the gateway judges whether or not transfer of the packet is suppressed using the processing load information retained in the transfer management table, and suppresses the transfer of the predetermined packet upon judgment to suppress the packet transfer.