1. A Layered Model of focusing on a Distributed Game Application
Fang, Devin, Tal, George
CS 294-3: The Converged Network
Spring 2002

2. Big Picture Game Company Broker Game Server User Profile Account Info
Location
Bandwidth
Computation
Capacity
Storage
Display
User
Profile
Server Load
Location
Pricing
Bandwidth
Reliability
Future user arrival
Server Resource
Broker

3. Billing $ $$
Game
Company
$$$$$ $
Broker
Game Server

4. Application Service Provider
General Architecture
Layer 5
Devices
Application Service Provider
Layer 4
Services
Layer 3
Enhanced IP
Layer 2 IP
Layer 1
Access Network

5. Layer 4: Service Layer Session layer/Distributed Trigger
Composition Layer/Coordination BROKER
Devices
Discovery
Audio
Service
Video
Service
Authentication
Billing
PKI – UCB
Ssh-key
Sim card
Credit card
Username/pw
Cookie
Amex
Hardware
Access provider
Online site
Credit card
Hotel room