Patent Grant
11533275
The present disclosure relates to a server allocation system. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for allocating a server closest to a terminal (i.e., a proximity server).
In recent years, the development of communication technology has led to various types of terminals (electronic devices) that access the Internet. Terminals need Internet protocol (IP) addresses to access the Internet. When a domain name address is input to a terminal, the transmission control protocol (TCP)/IP network converts the domain name address into the IP address by using a domain name server (DNS) and allows the terminal to access the website.
When domain name servers are installed in cell sites, the terminal user can experience a high quality of service and the communication service provider can also reduce the network load.
Although DNS servers of the related art can distinguish between Internet service providers (ISPs) from the IP address of DNS messages, such DNS servers cannot distinguish between locations of cell sites.
The above information is presented as background information only to assist with an understanding of the present disclosure. No determination has been made, and no assertion is made, as to whether any of the above might be applicable as prior art with regard to the present disclosure.
Aspects of the present disclosure are to address at least the above-mentioned problems and/or disadvantages and to provide at least the advantages described below. Accordingly, an aspect of the present disclosure is to provide a system for allocating a server closest to a terminal (i.e., a proximity server) to the terminal by using the location information regarding the terminal.
In accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure, a location-information transmitting apparatus for allocating a server to a terminal is provided. The location-information transmitting apparatus includes a communication unit configured to communicate with other network entities, and a controller configured to receive an Internet protocol (IP) packet with a domain name system (DNS) query from the terminal, include terminal location information in the IP packet, transmit the IP packet to a DNS server, received, from the DNS server, a response IP packet with location information of a proximity server, the proximity server being located within a certain distance from the terminal, and transmit the response IP packet to the terminal.
In accordance with another aspect of the present disclosure, a DNS server for allocating a server to a terminal is provided. The DNS server includes a communication unit configured to communicate with other network entities, and a controller configured to control the communication unit to receive an IP packet with terminal location information from a location-information transmitting apparatus, and control the communication unit to transmit, to a location-information transmitting apparatus, a response IP packet with location information of a proximity server based on the terminal location information, the proximity server being located in a certain distance from the terminal.
In accordance with another aspect of the present disclosure, a method for a location-information transmitting apparatus to allocate a server to a terminal is provided. The method includes receiving an IP packet with a DNS query from the terminal, including terminal location information in the IP packet, transmitting the IP packet to a DNS server, and receiving, from the DNS server, a response IP packet with location information of a proximity server, the proximity server being located within a certain distance from the terminal, and transmitting the response IP packet to the terminal.
In accordance with another aspect of the present disclosure, a method for a DNS server to allocate a server to a terminal is provided. The method includes receiving an IP packet with terminal location information from a location-information transmitting apparatus, and transmitting, to the location-information transmitting apparatus, a response IP packet with location information of a proximity server based on the terminal location information, the proximity server being located within a certain distance from the terminal.
Other aspects, advantages, and salient features of the disclosure will become apparent to those skilled in the art from the following detailed description, which, taken in conjunction with the annexed drawings, discloses various embodiments of the present disclosure.
The above and other aspects, features, and advantages of certain embodiments of the present disclosure will be more apparent from the following description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:
Throughout the drawings, like reference numerals will be understood to refer to like parts, components, and structures.
The following description with reference to the accompanying drawings is provided to assist in a comprehensive understanding of various embodiments of the present disclosure as defined by the claims and their equivalents. It includes specific details to assist in that understanding but these are to be regarded as merely exemplary. Accordingly, those of ordinary skill in the art will recognize that various changes and modifications of the various embodiments described herein can be made without departing from the scope and spirit of the present disclosure. In addition, descriptions of well-known functions and constructions may be omitted for clarity and conciseness.
The terms and words used in the following description and claims are not limited to the bibliographical meanings, but, are merely used by the inventor to enable a clear and consistent understanding of the present disclosure. Accordingly, it should be apparent to those skilled in the art that the following description of various embodiments of the present disclosure is provided for illustration purpose only and not for the purpose of limiting the present disclosure as defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.
It is to be understood that the singular forms “a,” “an,” and “the” include plural referents unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. Thus, for example, reference to “a component surface” includes reference to one or more of such surfaces.
Any particular terminology describing certain features or aspects of the present disclosure is not suggestive of language restricted to any specific characteristics, features, or aspects of the present disclosure with which that terminology is associated.
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The communication unit 110 performs transmission/reception of data to access a network server. The communication unit 110 is capable of receiving Internet protocol (IP) packets from a terminal. The communication unit 110 is capable of inserting the terminal location information into the IP packet and transmitting the IP packet to a domain name system (DNS) server. The communication unit 110 is capable of receiving the IP packet from the DNS server and transmitting the IP packet to the terminal.
In order to include terminal location information in the IP packets, the communication unit 110 is capable of receiving location-information of the terminal from another network entity.
The location-information storage unit 120 is capable of storing location-information of a terminal that is transmitted from the communication unit 110. The storage unit 120 is also capable of storing location-information of a terminal that is created in the controller 130.
The location information of a terminal may include a cell identifier where a terminal is located, a base station identifier of a cell where a terminal is located, or a latitude and a longitude of where a terminal is located, etc. The terminal location information may also include an IP address of a proximity server, cell-site location information, geographical location information of a terminal, identifiers of the location information, etc.
The location information of a terminal may be transmitted from another network entity to the location-information transmitting apparatus. The location information of a terminal may be created by the controller 130.
The controller 130 controls all the operations of the apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. When the controller 130 receives an IP packet from a terminal, it is capable of inserting the terminal location information from another network entity into the IP packet. The controller 130 is also capable of creating the terminal location information and including the created location information in the IP packet received from the terminal. The controller 130 is capable of performing control operations to transmit the IP packet including the terminal location information to a DNS server.
The terminal location information may include at least one of: an IP address of a proximity server, a cell-site location information, geographical location information of a terminal, and identifiers of the location information.
The proximity server refers to a cell site server closest to a terminal and the detailed description will be explained later.
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The communication unit 210 is capable of receiving IP packets from a terminal and transmitting the response IP packets corresponding to the received IP packets to the terminal. The communication unit 210 is capable of receiving IP packets transmitted from another network entity.
The storage unit 220 is capable of storing IP information of an IP address corresponding to a domain name. When a user inputs a domain name into the terminal, the domain name is converted into an IP address and the IP address is transmitted to the terminal.
The IP information may include a number of IP addresses corresponding to the same domain name. That is, a number of servers with the same domain name may exist, and the respective IP addresses may be stored in the storage unit 220.
The controller 230 receives IP packets from a terminal and creates packets corresponding to the received IP packets, which are referred to as response IP packets.
The response IP packets may include an IP address of a server within a certain distance from the terminal. In the embodiment of the present disclosure, a server within a certain distance from the terminal refers to a server closest to the terminal. That is, the controller 230 is capable of creating the response IP packet including an IP address of a server closest to a user, using the terminal location included in the received IP packet, from among the IP addresses of servers corresponding to a domain name. The controller 230 is capable of transmitting the response IP packets to the terminal.
With the development of communication technology, a various type of terminals (electronic devices) have been released, so that users can access the Internet using the terminals.
Users can access the Internet by using terminals such as, for example, smartphones, tablets, etc., as well as computers.
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The IP header 601 includes an IP address of a terminal transmitting IP packets and an IP address of a destination to receive the IP packets. When a terminal performs transmission of IP packets, the IP packets are transmitted to the destination via the destination IP address included in the IP header. When a server receives the IP packets, it may transmit the response for the received IP packets to the terminal via the terminal IP address included in the IP header.
The IP address may be included in the UDP header 603 or the DNS message part 605.
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The DNS server 303 is capable of storing IP addresses of respective domain names. When receiving a domain name included in an IP packet, the DNS server 303 is capable of transmitting, to the terminal, the response IP packet including an IP address associated with a domain name in operation S320. When there are multiple IP addresses corresponding to the domain name, the response IP packet may include an IP address of a server closest to the terminal is transmitted to the terminal.
A mobile communication network may include edge servers 305a to 305h to provide CDN services, as well as a DNS server 303. The edge servers provide fast network services to users and reduce the load of network. For example, when a network has one DNS server, the network load increases and the quality of services to users decreases. These problems can be resolved by installing a number of edge servers in the network.
Therefore, the DNS server 303 is capable of allocating an edge server, which is closest to a terminal, to the terminal, from among the IP addresses corresponding to the received domain name.
In order to allocate an edge server closest to a terminal to the terminal, the DNS server 303 is capable of determining an edge server closest to a terminal, based on an IP address of the terminal included in the received IP packet, and IP bandwidths assigned to Internet service providers (ISPs), and allocating the edge server to the terminal.
When the DNS server 303 is implemented with a number of DNS servers and the DNS server 303 that received an IP packet has not stored the IP address corresponding to the domain name, the DNS server 303 may transmit the received IP packet to another DNS server. The DNS server 303 may also transmit information that can derive information included in the IP packet.
When the DNS server 303 transmits the response IP packet to the terminal 301, the terminal 301 is capable of accessing the edge server using the IP address included in the response IP packet in operation S330. The edge server 305h that is allocated to the terminal 301 is then capable of providing content to the terminal in operation S340.
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The terminal 401 transmits an IP packet including the domain name to a DNS server 403 in operation S420.
The IP packet transmitted to the DNS server 403 may include the IP address of the terminal 401, and the IP address of a destination to receive the IP packet, as well as the user's input domain name.
The IP packet is transmitted from the terminal 401 to the DNS server 403 corresponding to the IP address of a destination.
The DNS server 403 receives the IP packet and creates the response IP packet for the received IP packet in operation S430.
The DNS server 403 searches for an IP address corresponding to the domain name included in the received IP packet. The DNS server 403 may have stored an IP address corresponding to the domain name. The DNS server 403 may search for an IP address corresponding to the received domain name by the IP information.
The DNS server 403 is capable of determining an edge server closest to a user based on an IP address of the terminal that transmitted the IP packet and the IP bandwidths allocated according to ISPs.
Therefore, the DNS server 403 may include an IP address, which corresponds to an edge server closest to a user, in the response IP packet.
The DNS server 403 creates the response IP packet and transmits the created response IP packet to the terminal 401 in operation S440.
The terminal 401 receives the response IP packet and accesses the edge server according to the IP address included in the IP packet to receive corresponding content therefrom in operation S450.
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When servers are installed in a cell site (which are referred to as cell site servers), the DNS server 503 cannot distinguish between a cell site server closest to a user (called a proximity server) from other cell site servers.
For example, when a terminal 501a needs to receive a service, the DNS server 503 must allocate an IP address of a cell site server 505a, closest to the terminal 501a, to the terminal 501a.
However, since the DNS server 503 can detect only an edge server closest to a user based on the IP address of the terminal, which is included in the IP packet transmitted by the user, and the IP bandwidths allocated according to ISPs, the DNS server 503 cannot search for a cell site server closest to a terminal by using the information.
The following description provides a method for a DNS server to search for a cell site server closest to a user.
As described above, the proximity server refers to a server closest to a user from among the servers installed in a cell site.
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The terminal 701 transmits an IP packet including a DNS query to the DNS server 703 in operation S710. The location-information transmitting apparatus 705 is capable of obtaining (or intercepting) the IP packet transmitted by the terminal 701. The location-information transmitting apparatus 705 may be installed in the path for transmitting IP packets and is capable of obtaining an IP packet from the path.
The terminal 701 is capable of transmitting IP packets to the location-information transmitting apparatus 705.
When obtaining an IP packet, the location-information transmitting apparatus 705 includes terminal location information in the IP packet and transmits the IP packet to the DNS server 503 in operation S720. That is, the location-information transmitting apparatus 705 injects the terminal location information into the IP packet and retransmits the packet.
After receiving the IP packet including the terminal location information, the DNS server 703 is capable of searching for the IP address of a server corresponding to the domain name included in the IP packet. The DNS server 703 also searches for a proximity server closest to a user from among the servers corresponding to the domain name, by using the terminal location information.
Therefore, the DNS server 703 is capable of transmitting, to the terminal, the response IP packet including the IP address of the proximity server in operation S730.
After receiving the response IP packet, the terminal 701 is capable of accessing the proximity server by using the IP address included in the response IP packet in operation S740. The proximity server is capable of providing content to the terminal 701 in operation S750.
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The terminal 801a is also capable of transmitting the IP packet including a DNS query to the location-information transmitting apparatus 805.
For example, to access the website of the Korean Intellectual Patent Office, the user inputs www.kipo.go.kr to the terminal. When the terminal receives the domain name, the domain name is included in the DNS query of the IP packet and then transmitted. The domain name may also be included in another part of the IP packet and then transmitted.
The location-information transmitting apparatus 805 transmits terminal location information to a DNS server so that the DNS server 803 can allocate a proximity server to a user. The location-information transmitting apparatus 805 may be installed in a network entity in an IP packet transmission path.
IP packets may be transmitted from a base station to the DNS server via network entities such as a router, a gateway, etc. Therefore, the location-information transmitting apparatus 805 may be installed in a base station, a router, a gateway, etc.
The location-information transmitting apparatus 805 may be installed, in the form of software such as a module, into one of the network entities located on a path transmitting IP packets. The location-information transmitting apparatus 805 may be implemented in the form of hardware to be installed to a path transmitting IP packets.
After obtaining an IP packet, the location-information transmitting apparatus 805 is capable of inserting terminal location information into the IP packet in operation S810.
The terminal location information may include a cell identifier where a terminal is located, a base station identifier of a cell where a terminal is located, a latitude and a longitude of where a terminal is located, etc. The terminal location information may also include an IP address of a proximity server, a cell site location-information, geographical location information of a terminal, identifiers of the location information, etc. The terminal location information may be created by the location-information transmitting apparatus 805 or received from a network entity.
The location-information transmitting apparatus 805 may insert the terminal location-information into part of the IP packet. For example, the location-information transmitting apparatus 805 may insert the terminal location information into the IP header of the IP packet, the UDP header, or the DNS message part.
When the terminal location information is inserted into the IP packet, the location-information transmitting apparatus 805 is capable of transmitting the IP packet including the terminal location information to the DNS server 803 in operation S820.
After receiving the IP packet including the terminal location information, the DNS server 803 is capable of transmitting, to the user, the response IP packet including the DNS response in operation S830.
The IP packet transmitted by the DNS server 803 may include an IP address of a proximity server as a cell site server closest to a user. The DNS server 803 searches for a proximity server by using the terminal location information included in the received IP packet, and creates the response IP packet including the IP address of the proximity server to transmit the created response.
For example, as shown in
When the DNS server 803 transmits the response IP packet to the terminal in operation S830, the response IP packet may be transmitted to the terminal via a router, a base station, etc.
After receiving the response IP packet, the terminal may access a proximity server by using the IP address of the proximity server included the received response IP packet in operation S840. The proximity server is capable of providing content to the terminal in operation S850.
The location-information transmitting apparatus 805 is capable of allocation of the IP address of a proximity server to the terminal without participation of the DNS server. That is, when the location-information transmitting apparatus 805 receives the terminal location information including an IP address of a proximity server, the location-information transmitting apparatus 805 is capable of directly allocating the IP address of a proximity server to the terminal.
When the location-information transmitting apparatus 805 receives the terminal location information including an IP address of a proximity server, the location-information transmitting apparatus 805 is capable of transmitting the IP address of a proximity server to the DNS server 803 in operation S820. After receiving the IP address of a proximity server closest to the terminal, the DNS server 803 is capable of allocating the proximity server to the terminal by using the IP address of the proximity server.
When the terminal receives content via the proximity server, the service provider can reduce the load of network and the user can receive a high quality of service.
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After receiving the user input, the terminal 901 transmits an IP packet to the location-information transmitting apparatus 905 in operation S920. When the terminal 901 transmits IP packet to the DNS server 903, the location-information transmitting apparatus 905 obtains the IP packet in operation S920 as described above.
The location-information transmitting apparatus 905 inserts the terminal location information into the received IP packet in operation S930.
The terminal location information may include a cell identifier where a user is located, a base station identifier of a cell where a user is located, a latitude and a longitude of where a user is located, etc. The terminal location information may be directly created by the location-information transmitting apparatus 905 or received from a network entity.
When the location-information transmitting apparatus 905 inserts the terminal location information into an IP packet, it is capable of transmitting the IP packet to the DNS server 903 in operation S940.
The DNS server 903 receives the IP packet and creates the response IP packet to be transmitted to the terminal 901 in operation S950.
When the DNS server 903 creates the response IP packet, it is capable of searching for an IP address of a proximity server by using the terminal location information and the domain name included in the IP packet, and inserting the IP address of the proximity server into the response IP packet.
The DNS server 903 is also capable of searching for an IP address of a server corresponding to a domain name via the domain name included in the IP packet and an address of a server closest to a terminal from among the IP addresses corresponding to the domain name by using the terminal location information, and inserting the IP address of a server closest to the terminal to the response IP packet.
The response IP packet created by the DNS server 903 may include a DNS response, an IP address of a proximity server, etc.
After that, the DNS server 903 transmits the response IP packet to the terminal 901 in operation S960.
After receiving the response IP packet, the terminal 901 is capable of accessing the proximity server via the IP address included in the response IP packet and receiving content from the proximity server.
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When CCTV cameras are installed and the CCTV videos are stored in a DNS server 1003, the videos may reduce storage capacity in the DNS server 1003 and may also lower the transmission speed to the DNS server 1003. Accordingly, the system is configured in such a way that a number of servers may be installed into a cell site and a CCTV camera transmits the video to a cell site server closest to the CCTV camera.
In order to transmit videos taken by a CCTV camera to a server, an administrator inputs, to the terminal, a domain name, e.g., cctv.example.com.
After receiving the user's input, the terminal is capable of transmitting an IP packet including a DNS query to the location-information transmitting apparatus 1005 in operation S1010. The IP packet may include the domain name.
The location-information transmitting apparatus 1005 is capable of inserting the CCTV camera location information into the IP packet. Since the embodiment is implemented in such a way that the CCTV camera is fixed, the CCTV camera serving as a terminal inserts the location information into the IP packet and transmits the IP packet to the DNS server 1003.
The CCTV location information or the terminal or location information may be inserted into part of the IP packet.
When the location-information transmitting apparatus 1005 inserts the terminal location information into an IP packet, the location-information transmitting apparatus 1005 is capable of transmitting the IP packet to the DNS server 1003 in operation S1020.
When receiving the IP packet, the DNS server 1003 is capable of creating the response IP packet to be transmitted to the terminal. The response IP packet may include a DNS response and an IP address of a proximity server. The DNS server 1003 searches for a proximity server by using the terminal location information included in the received IP packet, and then creates a response IP packet including the IP address of the proximity server.
The DNS server 1003 transmits the response IP packet to the terminal in operation S1030.
The terminal is capable of accessing a proximity server corresponding to the IP address included in the response IP packet in operation S1040. The terminal accesses the proximity server and uploads the CCTV video on the proximity server in operation S1050. The proximity server may transmit the uploaded video to a CCTV center for managing videos transmitted from CCTV cameras. The proximity server may also download a video from the CCTV server to provide the video to users.
As described above, the present disclosure is capable of allocating a proximity server to a terminal by using the terminal location information so that the terminal user can receive services from the proximity server. Therefore, the present disclosure is capable of providing the terminal user with a high quality of communication service and reducing the network load.
While the present disclosure has been shown and described with reference to various embodiments thereof, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the present disclosure as defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.
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This application is a continuation application of prior application Ser. No. 14/980,584, filed on Dec. 28, 2015, which has issued as U.S. Pat. No. 10,791,064 on Sep. 29, 2020 and is based on and claims priority under 35 U.S.C § 119(a) of a Korean patent application number 10-2014-0195468, filed on Dec. 31, 2014, in the Korean Intellectual Property Office, the disclosure of which is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety
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