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Weaving the fabric of CDN efficiency
Voice and Data
|December 2024
Local peering transforms CDNs by cutting latency, boosting reliability, and ensuring seamless, high-speed delivery for modern digital experiences

As digital content delivery continues to evolve, optimising Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) has become critical for meeting users' expectations of lightning-fast speeds. One key strategy to enhance CDN performance is local peering, which involves directly interconnecting with Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in target markets. Localised peering reduces latency, improves efficiency, and delivers a superior user experience while keeping operational costs in check.
CDNs distribute content through a network of servers worldwide. These servers are strategically located at Points of Presence (POPs) near major population centres to ensure swift and reliable delivery. CDNs also establish direct connections, or peering agreements, with major ISPs to bypass intermediary networks, reducing latency and improving content delivery. This setup minimises network hops and packet loss, streamlining the data flow for faster and more cost-efficient delivery.
To enhance performance, CDNs employ intelligent caching strategies that store frequently accessed content, such as videos and web pages, at PoPs close to end-users. This significantly reduces retrieval times and the load on origin servers. These caching mechanisms are governed by algorithms like Least Recently Used (LRU) and Timeto-Live (TTL), which ensure popular data remains readily available while older content is removed.
It also leverages several protocol optimisations to improve delivery efficiency. Techniques such as TCP acceleration streamline handshakes and speed up data flow, while adaptive bitrate streaming adjusts video quality based on the user's network conditions. Compression methods like Gzip minimise bandwidth usage and expedite delivery. Additionally, protocols like HTTP/2 and QUIC enable multiplexed streams, offering reduced latency compared to older HTTP standards.
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