METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SERVICE DISCOVERY AND TUNNELLING IN A DISTRIBUTED ARCHITECTURE

• Main Authors: ZULLIGER PIZARRO, Martin Exequiel, SUKHOTIN, Maksim, MANECKE, Alexander, MIKITYUK, Alexandra, OSIPTSCHUK, Eugen, FRANCO, Manuel Rodriguez
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 17.01.2024
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRICITY; PHYSICS; TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION

A method and system for distributed service management in a distributed data processing network; wherein the distributed data processing network comprises a plurality of network nodes; wherein the distributed data processing network comprises a distributed service management unit and wherein client nodes and service provider nodes each run a instance of the distributed service management unit; wherein the distributed service management unit comprises a distributed hash set table, DHST, configured to store and retrieve one or more datasets; wherein each dataset comprises a key and one or more values and the DHST is indexed by the key; wherein the distributed management unit is configured to provide an application programming interface, API, and is configured so that all connections between client node and service provider node are tunneled through the API; wherein when a service provider registers a service on a network node, this registering network node will store an endpoint of said service in a dataset of the DHST with a key corresponding to said service; and wherein when a service is requested by a client node the distributed service management unit is configured to return all endpoints stored in the DHST with the key corresponding to said service.