Patent ID: 11962463
Assignee: NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 1:
2. The node of claim 1, wherein the node is further configured to perform functions of a virtual plane and an actual plane, wherein, to perform functions of the virtual plane, the node is further configured to update the local joint policy and update respective joint policies local to the neighboring nodes, and wherein, to perform the functions of the actual plane, the node is further configured to:
perform computations according to the local joint policy and the respective joint policies to service the computation request;
forward the computation request or representation thereof or the data request for the at least a portion of the data object to other nodes of the data distribution network according to the local joint policy and the respective joint policies local to the neighboring nodes; and
cache the at least a portion of the data object according to the local joint policy and the respective joint policies local to the neighboring nodes.