Forwarding video-on-demand flow
US11418843B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 20, 2018 |
| Grant date | Aug 16, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 15, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N21/64
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Provided are a method and a device for forwarding a video-on-demand flow, which may be applied to a network with virtualization of network functions. In an example of the method, for a Virtual Broadband Remote Access Server (vBRAS) Service Orchestrator (vBRASSO) managing at least one vBRAS in a vBRAS resource pool in the network with virtualization of network functions, if a particular vBRAS completes user authentication, the vBRASSO determines a Point Of Presence (POP) switch for forwarding a video-on-demand flow to the user based on the user information from the vBRAS, and notifies the POP switch of a route for forwarding the video-on-demand flow to the user in such a way that the POP switch advertises the route to a core router configured to receive the video-on-demand flow from a video-playing source in the network with virtualization of network functions.
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