Chapter 10

Content Delivery Network for Efficient Delivery of Internet Traffic

Gilles Bertrand and Emile Stéphan

Contents

10.1 Introduction

10.2 CDNs: From the Early Internet to Today’s Video-Driven Landscape

10.2.1 History of CDNs

10.2.2 Definition of CDN

10.2.2.1 Peer-to-Peer

10.2.2.2 Transparent Caching

10.2.2.3 Multicast

10.2.3 A Taxonomy of CDNs

10.2.3.1 Over-the-Top CDNs

10.2.3.2 Content Service Providers’ CDNs

10.2.3.3 Carriers’ CDNs

10.2.3.4 Internet Service Providers’ CDNs

10.2.3.5 Comparison on the CDN Categories

10.3 CDN Functioning ...

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