A real-time streaming service predicts an incoming flash crowd event and manages computing resources to respond to the event before traffic peaks, thus reducing the likelihood that the streaming service's resources will be overwhelmed. Embodiments of a real-time streaming server predict a flash crowd event by detecting actions by client devices during a multi-step process to access a real-time content stream from an endpoint server cluster. Initially, the endpoint server has first computing resources configured to stream the content stream to the client devices. The streaming server provisions second computing resources at the endpoint server based on a rate at which the client devices perform an action associated with a first step in the multi-step process. The second computing resources are configured to stream the real-time content stream based on a rate at which the client devices perform an action associated with a second step in the multi-step process.

Techniques for managing migrations of QUIC connection session(s) across proxy nodes, data centers, and/or private application nodes are described herein. A global key-value datastore, accessible by proxy nodes and/or application nodes, may store mappings between a first QUIC connection, associated with a proxy node and a client device, on the frontend of the proxy node and a second QUIC connection, associated with the proxy node and an application node, on the backend of the proxy node. With the global key-value datastore being accessible by the proxy nodes, when a proxy node receives a QUIC packet on the front end or the back end, the proxy node may determine where to map this connection to on the opposite end. Additionally, with the global key-value datastore being accessible to the application nodes, when an application node receives a QUIC packet, the application node may determine the client device associated with the connection.

An edge computing system comprises: a cloud computing system; an edge processing function; a connection between the edge processing function and the cloud computing system; a backend server within the cloud computing system. An assessment module is configured to receive information about processing goals, and processing capabilities of the backend server and the edge processing function. The assessment module derives a set of possible interfaces and corresponding functionality splits defining a division of processing activity between the backend server and the edge processing function. Based on a received measurement of bandwidth and/or of latency on the connection, the assessment module selects an interface and corresponding functionality split, and downloads them to the edge processing function and the backend server.

An edge computing system comprises: a cloud computing system; an edge processing function; a connection between the edge processing function and the cloud computing system; a backend server within the cloud computing system. An assessment module is configured to receive information about processing goals, and processing capabilities of the backend server and the edge processing function. The assessment module derives a set of possible interfaces and corresponding functionality splits defining a division of processing activity between the backend server and the edge processing function. Based on a received measurement of bandwidth and/or of latency on the connection, the assessment module selects an interface and corresponding functionality split, and downloads them to the edge processing function and the backend server.

A method of operating a terminal (130), comprising: transmitting, to a master control node (290) of an edge computing architecture (299), a configuration request message (7001), the configuration request message (7001) being indicative of at least one of a connectivity status of the terminal (130) indicative of an access network and a location of the terminal (130), receiving, from the master control node (290), a configuration response message (7002) indicative of an edge computing system (260-267), and executing an edge computing application (4001, 4002) using the edge computing system (260-267).

A method of operating a terminal (130), comprising: transmitting, to a master control node (290) of an edge computing architecture (299), a configuration request message (7001), the configuration request message (7001) being indicative of at least one of a connectivity status of the terminal (130) indicative of an access network and a location of the terminal (130), receiving, from the master control node (290), a configuration response message (7002) indicative of an edge computing system (260-267), and executing an edge computing application (4001, 4002) using the edge computing system (260-267).

Technology is disclosed for feeding source images from image stores of client systems into an image processing system using image feeding servers (“the technology”). The technology includes multiple image feeding servers that can feed a source image to the image processing system, using which the image processing system can generate processed images to be served to end users. The image feeding servers can be installed at various locations, e.g., geographically spread, and more proximate to where the source images are stored. An image feeding server obtains the source image from the image store in original size, downsizes the source image, and transmits the downsized source image to the image processing system. The technology selects an image feeding server based on a score of the image feeding server. The score can be determined as a function of one or more image feeding server parameters, e.g., latency, workload, or computing resource.

Technology is disclosed for feeding source images from image stores of client systems into an image processing system using image feeding servers (“the technology”). The technology includes multiple image feeding servers that can feed a source image to the image processing system, using which the image processing system can generate processed images to be served to end users. The image feeding servers can be installed at various locations, e.g., geographically spread, and more proximate to where the source images are stored. An image feeding server obtains the source image from the image store in original size, downsizes the source image, and transmits the downsized source image to the image processing system. The technology selects an image feeding server based on a score of the image feeding server. The score can be determined as a function of one or more image feeding server parameters, e.g., latency, workload, or computing resource.

A data transmission method includes receiving a service request sent by a terminal device. The method also includes determining, based on the service request, a target transmission path of service data corresponding to the service request and a change policy corresponding to the target transmission path. The method further includes changing, according to the change policy, a current content delivery network (CDN) to a target CDN. The target CDN includes a plurality of serving nodes corresponding to the target transmission path. The method additionally includes sending an indication message to a first serving node in the target CDN to indicate the first serving node to send the service data to the terminal device through the target transmission path; or sending an indication message to a second serving node in the target CDN to indicate the second serving node to send the service data to the terminal device.

A data transmission method includes receiving a service request sent by a terminal device. The method also includes determining, based on the service request, a target transmission path of service data corresponding to the service request and a change policy corresponding to the target transmission path. The method further includes changing, according to the change policy, a current content delivery network (CDN) to a target CDN. The target CDN includes a plurality of serving nodes corresponding to the target transmission path. The method additionally includes sending an indication message to a first serving node in the target CDN to indicate the first serving node to send the service data to the terminal device through the target transmission path; or sending an indication message to a second serving node in the target CDN to indicate the second serving node to send the service data to the terminal device.