Patent ID: 9208104
Filing Date: 2015-12-08
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions for managing content in a communication network, the communication network having a core network and an access network with a cache, the access network comprising a base station for communicating with an electronic user device, the medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor at a location in the access network between the base station and the core network, cause the processor to: receive a cache management replacement policy comprising a plurality of content replacement rules, the plurality of content replacement rules each defining a policy specifying when an object in the cache should be replaced; classify the object into an object group based on an attribute of the object; determine a first content replacement rule of the plurality of content replacement rules based on the classified object group to apply to the object; define a trigger condition in the cache management policy specifying when to apply the first content replacement rule, the trigger condition being based on a property of the communication network; monitor the property of the communication network; evaluate the monitored property against a threshold amount of available bandwidth or a threshold message latency time; detect, based on the evaluation, a satisfaction of the trigger condition; and apply, responsive to the trigger condition being satisfied, the first content replacement rule and replace the object.