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CONTENT DELIVERY SYSTEM, CONTROLLER AND CONTENT DELIVERY METHOD

  • US 20140129667A1
  • Filed: 06/14/2012
  • Published: 05/08/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/14/2011
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A content delivery system, comprising:

  • a delivery server on the Internet or a storage apparatus on a mobile network, the delivery server or the storage apparatus holding a plurality of contents in store;

    a packet forwarding apparatus that forwards a packet;

    a plurality of cache servers that temporarily retain at least part of the plurality of contents; and

    a controller that controls the plurality of cache servers, whereinthe controller receives, from the plurality of cache servers, an access frequency to each of the plurality of contents and a load state of each of the plurality of cache servers, receives, from the packet forwarding apparatus, information of a terminal being or not being in a service area, decides that a content an access frequency to which is higher than a predetermined threshold value will be allocated to predetermined two or more of the plurality of cache servers, decides that at least part of the other contents will be allocated to the plurality of cache servers using at least one out of the access frequency, the load state, the information of the terminal being or not being in a service area and topology information of the mobile network, and instructs the plurality of cache servers to retain the plurality of contents depending on the decided allocation, andthe plurality of cache servers caches the plurality of contents as instructed, and, on reception of a request for a content from the terminal, delivers the requested content to the terminal via the packet forwarding apparatus.

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