Method for assigning a streaming media session to a server in fixed and mobile streaming media systems
US6941378B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 3, 2001 |
| Grant date | Sep 6, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 27, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W88/08
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for assigning servers to provide multiple description bitstreams to a mobile client (in a mobile client environment) or to a fixed client (in a fixed client environment). In one embodiment, the present invention, upon receiving a request from a mobile client to have media data streamed thereto, analyzes a plurality of servers to determine a first candidate server for providing a first multiple description bitstream to the base station along a first path. The present method also determines a second candidate server for providing a second multiple description bitstream to the base station along a second path. The present method then sends a request to the first candidate server to provide the first multiple description bitstream to a mobile client through a base station along the first path, and also sends a request to the second candidate server to provide the second multiple description bitstream to the mobile client through the same base station along a second path. In another embodiment, there are two separate paths from two separate servers to two separate base stations and then from each base station there is a separate path to the mobile client. In still another embod…
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