WO2001005117A2 - Network with hot button for switched broadband multipoint/multimedia communication - Google Patents
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- H04L67/1029—Protocols in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network for accessing one among a plurality of replicated servers using data related to the state of servers by a load balancer
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- the present invention relates to multimedia communications and, more particularly, to a network for providing a means of enabling on-demand broadband access to specialized web page content.
- a public packet switched network such as the World Wide Web generally cannot provide the bandwidth necessary for multimedia communications requiring broadband connections. Web traffic is slow, and access is limited to specific languages and protocols such as HTML, FTP, etc. Moreover, even with these limitations, web providers cannot easily provide bandwidth-differentiated services to different customers.
- Application No. 08/966,634 (Application '634), commonly owned by the present assignee, dramatically advanced the state of the art.
- the present invention leverages the capabilities of Application '634 in new and useful ways. In particular, the present application allows a broadband network user to access a web page with a hot button for on-demand broadband web access.
- the present invention aims at allowing a user to request a broadband connection by means of a hot button available from an internet site to overcome limitations of slow transmissions in a public packet switched network.
- the invention aims at allowing a user to request a broadband connection by means of a hot button available from an internet site, where the hot button request provides a destination field for addressing a web host and an annotation field for identifying associated user software.
- the present invention aims at allowing a user to request a broadband connection by means of a hot button available from an internet site, where a corresponding web host can provide bandwidth-differentiated services to users making such requests.
- Figure 1 illustrates a top-level functional diagram of a preferred embodiment of a network in accordance with the present invention.
- Figure 2 illustrates of the use a preferred embodiment of a hot button by a user to request a broadband connection in accordance with the present invention.
- a preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a user's workstation 3, which connects via a redirector 5 to an internet 7, which provides a public packet switched network.
- Internet 7 also connects via a redirector 9 to a web host 11, which includes a load balancer 13, which manages flow to alternative servers 15A-15C.
- a directory service 23 is also accessible to workstation 3 via internet 7.
- a broadband network 19 also provides an alternative broadband routing from workstation 3 to web host 11.
- Workstation 3 connects via NAD (Network Access Device) 17 to broadband network 19, which provides on- demand broadband services via a public circuit-switched network as described in co-pending Application '634.
- Broadband network 19 also connects via NAD 21 to web host 11.
- NCSS Network Control System Server 25 communicates with workstation 3, NAD 17, broadband network 19, NAD 21 and web host 11 via signaling network 27. Details for preferred embodiments of many of these components are described in more detail in Application '634.
- Broadband network 19 is illustrated in Application '634 by a top- level functional diagram in Figure 1 and a connection-topology diagram in Figure 49.
- Workstation 3 can be implemented by the workstation and the workstation interface of Application '634 (e.g., workstation 100-A and workstation interface 140-A in Figure 49).
- NAD 17 and NAD 21 may be implemented by, for example, premises switches 110- A and 110-B in Figure 49 of Application '634.
- Redirectors 5 and 9 may be standard CISCO redirectors (e.g., model numbers 2514, 2600, 4000, 7000, 7500).
- Key components of web host 11 include load balancer 13 (e.g., CISCO "LocalDirector 430"), and alternative servers 15A-15C.
- NCSS 25 can be implemented, for example, by NCSS 40 of Application '634.
- Signaling network 27 can be implemented, for example, by signaling network 30 of Application '634.
- a directory service 23 which includes software that allows the user to request a switched broadband connection between workstation 3 and web host 11.
- This database includes information for effecting a broadband connection between the two sites and for running related application software.
- information provided by directory service 23 to the user at workstation 3 includes the destination information and the annotation.
- the destination information provides broadband addressing information for web host
- This data which may include the preferred quality-of-service for the connection, has the form: ht p : //fourl l . warp ⁇ peeri . net /destinat i on/ ⁇ ! tenam > . mr
- the annotation provides information on any application sof ware that must be run on workstation 3 during the broadband connection.
- This may, for example, include browser software as well as other more specialized software (e.g., communications, CAD).
- this data is formatted according to a standard such as Internet RFC 2141 and RFC 1630 and is open within the constraints set by the RFC.
- Application developers and integrators may then add information necessary for the application up to the length limit for the URL (e.g., approximately 2KB).
- An illustration of the operation of a preferred embodiment of the present invention is shown in Figure 2.
- Directory service 23 provides workstation 3 with an internet web page 33 which includes a hot button 31, thus providing the user with a request capability.
- the user By accessing hot button 31, the user is able to request a switched broadband connection that is effected by NCSS 25 of broadband network 19 (i.e., network control system server 40 in Figures 1 and 49 of Application '634).
- NCSS 25 of broadband network 19 i.e., network control system server 40 in Figures 1 and 49 of Application '634
- the resulting connection leads to a web page 39 including a broadband button 37 that allows the user to take further advantage of the broadband connection by initiating applications such as video conferencing.
- information provided by directory service 23 to the user at workstation 3 includes the destination information and the annotation.
- the interface of workstation 3 uses the annotation to set up streams for the necessary media devices (e.g., camera, microphone, speaker, video display).
- the interface of workstation 3 also formats a request (based on the annotation and the destination information) that is sent to NCSS 25 of broadband network 19 as components of a request for a switched broadband connection.
- NCSS 25 of broadband network 19 having a pre-calculated list of routes between workstation 3 and web host 11 via switch resources under control of the broadband network, broadcasts a request for bandwidth to all the switch commanders with underlying switch resources along the listed routes, as well as NAD's 17 and 21 as explained in Application '634. The switch commanders and the NAD's respond with the amount of bandwidth they have available.
- NCSS 25 of broadband network 19 sends a request to web host 11, where the request can be received by any of alternative servers 15A- 15C.
- necessary streams are set up at web host 11 for at least one of alternative servers 15A — 15C, and a reply is sent to the control system of switched network 19.
- the control system of switched network 19 instructs the switch commanders that have reserved the underlying switch resources for the connection to switch up the connection.
- NCSS 25 instructs workstation 3 to adjust its routing table to access web host 11 via NAD 17 rather than redirector 5 (and vice versa for web host 11, except that this routing update is broadcast to all servers 15A-15C), sends these addresses to workstation 3 and web host 11 and the broadband connection begins.
- load balancer 19 mediates all input and output so that the resources of alternative servers 15A-15C can be allocated without adversely affecting the transmissions to and from workstation 3. Regardless of which one of alternative servers 15A-15C receives the original request, all of alternative servers 15A-15C where necessary streams are set up will need to get to workstation 3 via the IP address of NAD 21 through a multicast message.
- both workstation 3 and some combination of alternative servers 15A-15C begin formatting locally available data for transmission and correspondingly translate data received in the broadband connection. More details of the network connection operation as applied to two workstations are found in Application '634, "IV Network Connection Operation", pp. 134- 136.
- web page 33 includes hot button 31 within normal page content, so that it is available directly from internet 7, which generally represents a public packet switched network.
- internet 7 may be any type of network such as WAN/LAN/MAN.
- the simple selection of hot button 31 effectively supplies the user with destination and annotation fields, requests a connection, and configures the user with the appropriate application software.
- One of alternative servers 15A-15C will receive the IP address of workstation 3 by being routed through NAD 21, but all of these servers will receive the address via a multicast message. By selecting, possibly in a dynamic fashion, which of alternative servers 15A — 15C is used, load balancer 13 allows the resources of web host 11 to be used effectively.
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