Published Paper


Optimal Hub Location Detection in Geo-distributed Networks

1 Mrs Farhina S Sayyad, 2 Mrs Rushali S Navale, 3 Mrs Mrunali Patil, 4 Mrs Jyoti Shivaji Pawar, 5 Mr Ashok Kumar Kalal, 6 Mr Hiraman S Jadhav
India
Page: 1283-1294
Published on: 2025 September

Abstract

A recent report on location-based data reveals the growing potential within the dynamic local-mobile ecosystem. It examines how mobile ads powered by location data are gaining momentum across the industry, how location-aware features are boosting user engagement in mobile apps, and how local data is enabling countless small and medium-sized businesses to engage meaningfully in the mobile marketplace. The report also breaks down the fundamental technologies that power these capabilities and discusses important privacy issues. Location-aware tools have become a key driver of user interaction within apps. Major platforms like Facebook, Google, Yelp, Instagram, Groupon, Twitter, and others have adopted advanced location-based functionalities. Moving past the limited appeal of traditional “check-in” features, these apps now emphasize innovative approaches such as location-triggered alerts and intelligent, context-driven services. The era of globally distributed systems and services, determining optimal hub locations within geo-distributed networks has become critical for minimizing latency, improving service efficiency, and reducing operational costs. This paper investigates methods for identifying optimal hub locations that serve as central points for data aggregation, communication, or computation in geographically dispersed networks. We explore a combination of graph-theoretic models, clustering algorithms, and optimization techniques to evaluate hub placement strategies under varying constraints such as bandwidth, latency, load balancing, and fault tolerance. The proposed framework incorporates real-world geospatial data and network traffic patterns to simulate and validate performance. Our results demonstrate that intelligently selected hub locations can significantly enhance network performance and resource utilization, offering valuable insights for infrastructure planning in cloud computing, content delivery networks (CDNs), edge computing, and large-scale IoT deployments.

 

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