Optimization of a backhaul connection in a mobile communications network

• US 9,414,200 B2
• Filed: 03/25/2014
• Issued: 08/09/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/25/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Altiostar Networks, Inc. (Rakuten Group, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Altiostar Networks, Inc. (Rakuten Group, Inc.)
• Inventors: Chowdhury, Kuntal, Dahod, Ashraf M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Pham, Chi H
• Assistant Examiner(s): Lopata, Robert
• Application Number:
  US14/225,001
• Publication Number:
  US 20140286165A1
• Time in Patent Office: 868 Days
• Field of Search: 370/235, 370/229
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

A system, a method, a device, and a computer program product for transmission of data between a user device and a server. A first data received from the user device and a second data received from the server are processed. A determination is made whether to store at least a portion of the second data in at least one memory. The stored portion of the second data is provided to the user device in response to receiving the first data.

Claims

1. A device for transmission of data between a user device and a server, the device comprising:

at least one memory; and

at least one processor operatively coupled to the memory, the at least one processor being configured to;

process a first data received from the user device and a second data received from the server;

determine whether to store at least a portion of the second data in the at least one memory, and based on the determination, store the at least a portion of the second data in the at least one memory, wherein the at least a portion of the second data is stored based on a lifetime of content caching policy associated with the at least a portion of the second data and in accordance with content signature and content payload associated with the at least a portion of the second data; and

provide, based on the content signature and the content payload, the stored portion of the second data to the user device in response to receiving the first data.

2. The device according to claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is being configured to

analyze content of the second data to determine whether the second data includes at least one redundant data content;

and

delete the at least one redundant data content from the at least one memory.

3. The device according to claim 2, wherein the analysis of the content of the second data includes performing at least one of the following:

a shallow packet inspection of at least one data packet in the second data, and a deep packet inspection of at least one data packet in the second data.

4. The device according to claim 2, wherein the analysis of the content of the second data includes performing analysis based on at least one of the following factors:

usage statistics of the second data, at least one trend associated with the second data, a popularity of the second data, application requesting the second data, content of the second data, time when the second data is requested by the user device and/or delivered to the user device, location of the user device, user device information, and a predictability of a usage of the second data by the user device.

5. The device according to claim 1, wherein the stored portion of the second data is provided based on the age of the stored portion of the second data.

6. The device according to claim 1, further comprising an evolved node (eNodeB) base station, the eNodeB base station comprising the at least one processor and the at least one memory.

7. The device according to claim 6, wherein the at least one processor is being configured to obtain at least a portion of the second data for storage in the eNodeB base station.

8. The device according to claim 7, wherein the at least one processor is being configured to obtain the at least a portion of the second data without receiving a request to obtain the at least a portion of the second data from the user device.

9. The device according to claim 7, wherein the at least one processor is being configured to obtain the at least a portion of the second data based on at least one communication with at least one of the following:

the user device and a plurality of user devices.

10. The device according to claim 1, further comprising a decoder module is configured to perform analysis of the second data based on a payload signature associated with the second data, the payload signature including at least one pointer to a storage location of the stored portion of the second data;

wherein the payload signature is received from an encoder module, the decoder module is configured to communicate with the encoder module.

11. The device according to claim 10, wherein the payload signature is determined based on a chunk boundary of the second data.

12. The device according to claim 1, wherein the stored portion of the second data is stored in the at least one memory for a predetermined period of time;

wherein, upon expiration of the predetermined period of time, the stored portion of the second data is purged from the at least one memory.

13. The device according to claim 1, wherein the at least one processor performs analysis of a content the second data based on at least one of the following:

an application usage parameter associated with an application generating and/or using the content, a cost-per-click parameter associated with the content, a cost-per-thousand-impressions parameter associated with the content, a key performance indicator associated with the content, and a customer relationship management parameter associated with the content.

14. A computer-implemented method for transmission of data between a user device and a server, the method comprising:

processing a first data received from the user device and a second data received from the server;

determining whether to store at least a portion of the second data in at least one memory, and based on the determining, storing the at least a portion of the second data in the at least one memory, wherein the at least a portion of the second data is stored based on a lifetime of content caching policy associated with the at least a portion of the second data and in accordance with content signature and content payload associated with the at least a portion of the second data; and

providing, based on the content signature and the content payload, the stored portion of the second data to the user device in response to receiving the first data;

wherein at least one of the processing, the determining, and the providing is performed by at least one processor of at least one computing system.

15. The method according to claim 14, further comprising

analyzing content of the second data to determine whether the second data includes at least one redundant data content;

and

deleting the at least one redundant data content from the at least one memory.

16. The method according to claim 15, wherein the analysis of the content of the second data includes performing at least one of the following:

a shallow packet inspection of at least one data packet in the second data, and a deep packet inspection of at least one data packet in the second data.

17. The method according to claim 15, wherein the analysis of the content of the second data includes performing analysis based on at least one of the following factors:

usage statistics of the second data, at least one trend associated with the second data, a popularity of the second data, application requesting the second data, content of the second data, time when the second data is requested by the user device and/or delivered to the user device, location of the user device, user device information, and a predictability of a usage of the second data by the user device.

18. The method according to claim 14, wherein the stored portion of the second data is provided based on the age of the stored portion of the second data.

19. The method according to claim 14, wherein an evolved node (eNodeB) base station performs at least one of the processing, the determining, and the providing, the eNodeB base station comprising at least one processor and the at least one memory.

20. The method according to claim 19, further comprising

obtaining at least a portion of the second data for storage in the eNodeB base station.

21. The method according to claim 20, further comprising

obtaining the at least a portion of the second data without receiving a request to obtain the at least a portion of the second data from the user device.

22. The method according to claim 20, further comprising

obtaining the at least a portion of the second data based on at least one communication with at least one of the following:

the user device and a plurality of user devices.

23. The method according to claim 14, wherein a decoder module performs analysis of the second data based on a payload signature associated with the second data, the payload signature including at least one pointer to a storage location of the stored portion of the second data;

wherein the payload signature is received from an encoder module, the decoder module is configured to communicate with the encoder module.

24. The method according to claim 23, wherein the payload signature is determined based on a chunk boundary of the second data.

25. The method according to claim 14, wherein the stored portion of the second data is stored in the at least one memory for a predetermined period of time;

wherein, upon expiration of the predetermined period of time, the stored portion of the second data is purged from the at least one memory.

26. The method according to claim 14, further comprising

performing analysis of a content the second data based on at least one of the following:

an application usage parameter associated with an application generating and/or using the content, a cost-per-click parameter associated with the content, a cost-per-thousand-impressions parameter associated with the content, a key performance indicator associated with the content, and a customer relationship management parameter associated with the content.

27. A computer program product, for transmission of data between a user device and a server, comprising a non-transitory machine-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by at least one programmable processor, cause the at least one programmable processor to perform operations comprising:

processing a first data received from the user device and a second data received from the server;

determining whether to store at least a portion of the second data in at least one memory, and based on the determining, storing the at least a portion of the second data in the at least one memory, wherein the at least a portion of the second data is stored based on a lifetime of content caching policy associated with the at least a portion of the second data and in accordance with content signature and content payload associated with the at least a portion of the second data; and

providing, based on the content signature and the content payload, the stored portion of the second data to the user device in response to receiving the first data.

28. The computer program product according to claim 27, the operations further comprise

analyzing content of the second data to determine whether the second data includes at least one redundant data content;

and

deleting the at least one redundant data content from the at least one memory.

29. The computer program product according to claim 28, wherein the analysis of the content of the second data includes performing at least one of the following:

a shallow packet inspection of at least one data packet in the second data, and a deep packet inspection of at least one data packet in the second data.

30. The computer program product according to claim 28, wherein the analysis of the content of the second data includes performing analysis based on at least one of the following factors:

usage statistics of the second data, at least one trend associated with the second data, a popularity of the second data, application requesting the second data, content of the second data, time when the second data is requested by the user device and/or delivered to the user device, location of the user device, user device information, and a predictability of a usage of the second data by the user device.

31. The computer program product according to claim 27, wherein the stored portion of the second data is provided based on the age of the stored portion of the second data.

32. The computer program product according to claim 27, wherein an evolved node (eNodeB) base station performs at least one of the processing, the determining, and the providing, the eNodeB base station comprising at least one processor and the at least one memory.

33. The computer program product according to claim 32, wherein the operations further comprise

obtaining at least a portion of the second data for storage in the eNodeB base station.

34. The computer program product according to claim 33, wherein the operations further comprise

obtaining the at least a portion of the second data without receiving a request to obtain the at least a portion of the second data from the user device.

35. The computer program product according to claim 33, wherein the operations further comprise

obtaining the at least a portion of the second data based on at least one communication with at least one of the following:

the user device and a plurality of user devices.

36. The computer program product according to claim 27, wherein a decoder module performs analysis of the second data based on a payload signature associated with the second data, the payload signature including at least one pointer to a storage location of the stored portion of the second data;

wherein the payload signature is received from an encoder module, the decoder module is configured to communicate with the encoder module.

37. The computer program product according to claim 36, wherein the payload signature is determined based on a chunk boundary of the second data.

38. The computer program product according to claim 27, wherein the stored portion of the second data is stored in the at least one memory for a predetermined period of time;

wherein, upon expiration of the predetermined period of time, the stored portion of the second data is purged from the at least one memory.

39. The computer program product according to claim 27, wherein the operations further comprise

performing analysis of a content the second data based on at least one of the following:

an application usage parameter associated with an application generating and/or using the content, a cost-per-click parameter associated with the content, a cost-per-thousand-impressions parameter associated with the content, a key performance indicator associated with the content, and a customer relationship management parameter associated with the content.