EFFICIENT REMOTE FUNCTION EXECUTION IN AN INFORMATION CENTRIC NETWORK

• US 20190327340A1
• Filed: 06/28/2019
• Published: 10/24/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2019
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kathiravetpillai Sivanesan, Kuilin Clark Chen, Satish Chandra Jha, S. M. Iftekharul Alam, Srikathyayani Srikanteswara, Stepan Karpenko, Venkatesan Nallampatti Ekambaram, Yi Zhang
• Inventors: Alam, S. M. Iftekharul, Zhang, Yi, Jha, Satish Chandra, Chen, Kuilin Clark, Sivanesan, Kathiravetpillai, Karpenko, Stepan, Srikanteswara, Srikathyayani, Nallampatti Ekambaram, Venkatesan
• Granted Patent: US 11,509,745 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/08 Monitoring or testing based on specific metrics, e.g. QoS, energy consumption or environmental parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/12 Network monitoring probes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/14 using software, i.e. software packages network security related monitoring H04L63/1408
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/16 Threshold monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/568 Storing data temporarily at an intermediate stage, e.g. caching
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/63 Routing a service request depending on the request content or context

Abstract

Systems and techniques for efficient remote function execution in an information centric network (ICN) are described herein. For example, a requestor node may transmit an admission probe interest packet. Here, the admission probe interest packet includes a name that includes a function. The admission probe interest packet also includes a metric of a parameter of the function. In response, the requestor node may receive a manifest data packet. The manifest includes a metric of function execution at a node that created the manifest data packet. The manifest also includes a name of an implementation of the function. The requestor node may then determine that the metric of function execution meets a threshold and transmit an interest packet that includes the name of the implementation of the function.

Claims

1. A device for efficient remote function execution in an information centric network (ICN), the device comprising:

processing circuitry in a requestor node; and

memory including instructions that, when the device is in operation, configure the processing circuitry to;

transmit an admission probe interest packet, the admission probe interest packet including a name that includes a function, the admission probe interest packet including a metric of a parameter of the function;

receive a manifest data packet in response to the admission probe interest packet, the manifest including a metric of function execution at a node that created the manifest data packet, the manifest including a name of an implementation of the function;

determine that the metric of function execution meets a threshold; and

transmit an interest packet that includes the name of the implementation of the function.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the metric of the parameter of the function is at least one of a size or a type of data.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein the metric of function execution is at least one of an estimated execution time, an execution latency, an output type, an implementation of the function, or a publisher of the function.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein the name of the implementation of the function differentiates different implementations of the function from each other.

5. The device of claim 1, wherein the instructions further configure the processing circuitry to receive a second manifest in response to the admission probe interest packet, the second manifest originating from a second provider node.

6. The device of claim 5, wherein the instructions further configure the processing circuitry to determine that the metric of function execution in the second manifest does not meet a required threshold.

7. The device of claim 6, wherein the instructions further configure the processing circuitry to transmit a negative acknowledgment (NACK) in response to the metric of function execution in the second manifest not meeting the required threshold.

8. The device of claim 6, wherein the requestor node takes no further action with respect to the second manifest.

9. A method for efficient remote function execution in an information centric network (ICN), the method comprising:

transmitting, at a requestor node, an admission probe interest packet, the admission probe interest packet including a name that includes a function, the admission probe interest packet including a metric of a parameter of the function;

receiving a manifest data packet in response to the admission probe interest packet, the manifest including a metric of function execution at a node that created the manifest data packet, the manifest including a name of an implementation of the function;

determining that the metric of function execution meets a threshold; and

transmitting an interest packet that includes the name of the implementation of the function.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the metric of the parameter of the function is at least one of a size or a type of data.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the metric of function execution is at least one of an estimated execution time, an execution latency, an output type, an implementation of the function, or a publisher of the function.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the name of the implementation of the function differentiates different implementations of the function from each other.

13. The method of claim 9, comprising receiving a second manifest in response to the admission probe interest packet, the second manifest originating from a second provider node.

14. The method of claim 13, comprising determining that the metric of function execution in the second manifest does not meet a required threshold.

15. The method of claim 14, comprising transmitting a negative acknowledgment (NACK) in response to the metric of function execution in the second manifest not meeting the required threshold.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the requestor node takes no further action with respect to the second manifest.

17. At least one machine-readable medium including instructions for efficient remote function execution in an information centric network (ICN), the instructions, when executed by processing circuitry, cause the processing circuitry to perform operations comprising:

transmitting, at a requestor node, an admission probe interest packet, the admission probe interest packet including a name that includes a function, the admission probe interest packet including a metric of a parameter of the function;

receiving a manifest data packet in response to the admission probe interest packet, the manifest including a metric of function execution at a node that created the manifest data packet, the manifest including a name of an implementation of the function;

determining that the metric of function execution meets a threshold; and

transmitting an interest packet that includes the name of the implementation of the function.

18. The at least one machine-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the metric of the parameter of the function is at least one of a size or a type of data.

19. The at least one machine-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the metric of function execution is at least one of an estimated execution time, an execution latency, an output type, an implementation of the function, or a publisher of the function.

20. The at least one machine-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the name of the implementation of the function differentiates different implementations of the function from each other.

21. The at least one machine-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the operations comprise receiving a second manifest in response to the admission probe interest packet, the second manifest originating from a second provider node.

22. The at least one machine-readable medium of claim 21, wherein the operations comprise determining that the metric of function execution in the second manifest does not meet a required threshold.

23. The at least one machine-readable medium of claim 22, wherein the operations comprise transmitting a negative acknowledgment (NACK) in response to the metric of function execution in the second manifest not meeting the required threshold.

24. The at least one machine-readable medium of claim 22, wherein the requestor node takes no further action with respect to the second manifest.