MULTICRITERIA SELECTION OF CONTENT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS

摘要

Multicriteria selection of content distribution systems The invention pertains to a method for preselecting at least one system (CDNa, CDNb) for distributing electronic content of a predetermined type, from a plurality of distribution systems deployed at least partly on a telecommunications network (Ntw) of an operator, the distribution of the content being intended to be implemented by a set of actors comprising a provider of the content, a user of the content, and said operator, the method being implemented by a management entity of the operator network (OPME), which method comprises: - a step of obtaining quality of service measurements related to at least one system of the plurality of systems, - a step of determining preselection criteria of at least one distribution system, based on constraints of said actors related to the type of content, - a step of assigning a score to at least one distribution system based on the measurements obtained and the criteria determined, - a step of sending a preselection message comprising an identifier of an electronic content type, an identifier of said at least one distributions system and its corresponding score.