Tunnel Node Content Slicing for Congestion-Resilient Web Transfer
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current Internet communication systems face challenges in efficiently managing network congestion and ensuring reliable data transfer due to unpredictable network behavior, leading to issues like packet loss, duplication, and out-of-order delivery, which affect the overall performance and reliability of data transmission.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of a system that utilizes intermediate nodes capable of functioning as both end-users and intermediate nodes, leveraging advanced protocols like TCP/IP and HTTP to enhance communication by optimizing network traffic management and error correction mechanisms.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If intermediate nodes are used to manage network traffic, then network congestion is reduced and communication efficiency is improved, but device complexity increases as devices must function as both end-users and intermediate nodes
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies multi-functionality by enabling devices to serve dual roles as both end-users and intermediate nodes in the network. This allows a single device to simultaneously communicate as an endpoint while also routing and managing traffic for other devices, thereby improving overall network productivity without requiring separate dedicated infrastructure components.
2Reliability
If advanced protocols like TCP/IP and HTTP are implemented for error correction and traffic management, then data transfer reliability is improved, but processing time and computational resources increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary action through proactive traffic management at intermediate nodes. By pre-processing and optimizing network traffic before it reaches end destinations, the system establishes efficient data pathways in advance, which reduces the computational burden and processing time required during actual data transfer operations while maintaining high reliability through TCP/IP error correction mechanisms.
3Productivity
If intermediate nodes optimize network traffic management, then network congestion is reduced, but the complexity of traffic management and control mechanisms increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies self-service through autonomous intermediate nodes that automatically manage their own traffic routing and optimization functions. Each intermediate node independently makes intelligent decisions about traffic management based on network conditions, eliminating the need for complex centralized control mechanisms and reducing overall system complexity while maintaining high network throughput.
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AI summary
A method for fetching a content from a web server to a client device is disclosed, using tunnel devices serving as intermediate devices. The client device accesses an acceleration server to receive a list of available tunnel devices. The requested content is partitioned into slices, and the client device sends a request for the slices to the available tunnel devices. The tunnel devices in turn fetch the slices from the data server, and send the slices to the client device, where the content is reconstructed from the received slices. A client device may also serve as a tunnel device, serving as an intermediate device to other client devices. Similarly, a tunnel device may also serve as a client device for fetching content from a data server. The selection of tunnel devices to be used by a client device may be in the acceleration server, in the client device, or in both. The partition into slices may be overlapping or non-overlapping, and the same slice (or the whole content) may be fetched via multiple tunnel devices.