VERTICAL PACKET AGGREGATION USING A DISTRIBUTED NETWORK
A system and method for vertical packet aggregation in a client-server system comprising receiving packets from a plurality of clients, generating an aggregate packet having a copy of the payload of two or more of the packets received from different ones of the plurality of clients within a common buffer period, sending the generated aggregate packet to a remote server.
1 . A method for vertical packet aggregation in a client-server system, the method comprising:
receiving packets from a plurality of clients;
generating an aggregate packet having a copy of the payload of two or more of the packets received from different ones of the plurality of clients within a common buffer period; and
sending the generated aggregate packet to a remote server.
2 . The method of claim 1 wherein receiving packets from a plurality of clients comprises receiving packets at a node within a distributed network.
3 . The method of claim 2 wherein receiving packets from a plurality of clients comprises receiving packets at an edge node within a content delivery network (CDN).
4 . The method of claim 1 wherein sending the generated aggregate packet to the remote server comprises sending the generated aggregate packet to a peer node within a distributed network.
5 . The method of claim 1 wherein sending the generated aggregate packet to the remote server comprises sending the generated aggregate packet to an ingest server within the CDN.
6 . The method of claim 1 wherein generating the aggregate packet comprises generating an aggregate packet having metadata to associate each payload copy with one of the plurality of clients.
7 . The method of claim 1 wherein generating the aggregate packet comprises generating an aggregate packet having a copy of payloads from client packets destined for one or more of the same remote servers.
8 . The method of claim 1 wherein generating the aggregate packet comprises generating an aggregate packet having a copy of at most one payload from each of the plurality of clients.
9 . The method of claim 1 wherein receiving packets from a plurality of clients comprises receiving packets comprising multiplayer game data.
10 . The method of claim 1 wherein receiving packets from a plurality of clients comprises receiving packets Internet of Things (IoT) data.
11 . The method of claim 1 wherein receiving packets from a plurality of clients includes receiving packets from clients associated with two or more different applications.
12 . The method of claim 1 further comprising:
processing one or more of the received packets.
13 . The method of claim 12 wherein processing the one or more received packets includes compressing data within the one or more received packets.
14 . The method of claim 12 wherein processing the one or more received packets includes encrypting data within the one or more received packets.
15 . The method of claim 12 wherein processing the one or more received packets includes augmenting data within the one or more received packets.
16 . The method of claim 12 wherein processing the one or more received packets includes filtering the one or more of the received packets.
17 . The method of claim 1 wherein receiving packets from a plurality of clients includes receiving packets using at least two different protocols.
18 . The method of claim 1 further comprising:
selecting the two or more packets based on the order packets were received from the clients.
19 . The method of claim 1 further comprising:
selecting the two or more packets based on priority levels associated with ones of the plurality of clients.
20 . The method of claim 1 further comprising:
storing the packets received from a plurality of clients; and
regenerating and resending the aggregate packet using the stored packets.
21 . The method of claim 20 wherein storing the packets received from a plurality of clients includes storing packets for more than one hour.
22 . The method of claim 1 wherein receiving packets from a plurality of clients includes receiving a multicast packet from a client.
23 . The method of claim 1 wherein sending the generated aggregate packet to a remote server includes sending a multicast packet having a multicast group id associated with the remote server.
24 . A system comprising:
a processor;
a volatile memory; and
a non-volatile memory storing computer program code that when executed on the processor causes the processor to execute a process operable to:
receiving packets from a plurality of clients;
generating an aggregate packet having a copy of the payload of two or more of the packets received from different ones of the plurality of clients within a common buffer period; and
sending the generated aggregate packet to a remote server.