Regionally Contiguous Proxy Infrastructure for Lower-Latency Routing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing proxy services face challenges with high latency and low network throughput due to geographical remoteness, leading to inefficient data retrieval and processing of user requests.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a globally distributed proxy infrastructure that allows users to send requests to the geographically closest proxy servers, selecting metadata of exit nodes in proximity to reduce hops and latency, and using proxy supernodes to forward user requests to these nodes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If proxy servers are centralized in a single location, then device complexity is reduced, but latency increases due to geographical remoteness
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the centralized proxy service into multiple geographically distributed proxy servers located in different regions (e.g., US-East, US-West, EU-Central, Asia-Pacific). Each regional server independently handles requests from nearby users, reducing the number of network hops and geographical distance, thereby decreasing latency while maintaining manageable system complexity through modular deployment
2Loss of time
If proxy servers are distributed across multiple geographical locations, then latency is reduced, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal proxy service architecture where each distributed proxy server performs identical multi-functional operations: receiving user requests, forwarding to target servers, caching responses, and managing local exit nodes. This standardized multi-functional design allows regional servers to be deployed uniformly across different locations, reducing operational complexity despite geographical distribution
3Adaptability or versatility
If the number of proxy hops is increased to access remote exit nodes, then more geographical locations can be served, but network throughput decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements local quality by deploying exit nodes within or near each regional proxy server location. Users in each region connect to their local proxy server which in turn connects to local exit nodes, minimizing the number of hops to 1-2 instead of multiple remote hops. This localizes the proxy infrastructure quality to match user geographical distribution, maintaining high network throughput while achieving global coverage
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AI summary
System and method for efficiently implementing scalable, highly efficient decentralized proxy services through proxy infrastructures situated in different geo-locations. In one aspect, the systems and methods enable users from any geographical location to send requests to the geographically closest proxy infrastructure. One exemplary method described allows proxy infrastructures to gather, classify, and store metadata of exit nodes in its internal database. In another aspect, systems and methods described herein enable proxy infrastructures to select metadata of exit nodes from its internal database and forward requests from a user device to respective proxy servers or proxy supernodes to which the selected exit nodes are connected.