SERVER DEVICE, TRANSFER DEVICE, AND PROGRAM FOR CONTENT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM

A transfer device for a content distribution system, in which a request packet including a content name of content that is requested to be distributed is transferred based on the content name includes: determination means for determining, if a data packet including content and list information is re...

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Main Authors YOKOTA, Kenji, TAGAMI, Atsushi, KURIHARA, Jun
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 31.07.2019
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
ELECTRICITY
PHYSICS
TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION
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Summary:A transfer device for a content distribution system, in which a request packet including a content name of content that is requested to be distributed is transferred based on the content name includes: determination means for determining, if a data packet including content and list information is received as a response to a transferred request packet, whether or not the content can be transmitted to a transfer device that has transmitted the request packet, based on an identifier of the transfer device that has transmitted the request packet, and on the list information; and communication means for transmitting the data packet to the transfer device that has transmitted the request packet, if the determination means determines that the content can be transmitted. The list information included in the data packet is generated based on an identifier of a transfer device to which the content included in the data packet can be transmitted, of a plurality of transfer devices in the content distribution system, or is generated based on an identifier of a transfer device to which the content included in the data packet cannot be transmitted.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20170852811