Multi-level Decision Support in a Content Delivery Network

摘要

A content delivery network (CDN) is provided with a multi-tiered decision-support system. Client-side metrics managers collect link-performance data from client devices for formulating requests for network resources from the CDN. Network-node metrics managers broker the network resources from the CDN to the clients based on data collected from the client-side metrics managers. A node-cloud metrics manager distributes the network resources between a plurality of network nodes based on data collected from the network-node metrics managers. When the CDN includes a wireless network, formulating the requests and/or brokering the network resources may be adapted based on network performance data corresponding to the wireless network.