Patent · US Active

Control of content delivery in broadcast/multicast networks

US8954598B2 · kind B2 · utility

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2References

14Claims

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Assignee

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ) · SE

Inventors

Markus Kampmann · Aachen, DE
Daniel Catrein · Harsewinkel, DE
Johannes Willig · Bornheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 2, 2008
Grant date	Feb 10, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 28, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04W4/00
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to techniques for controlling a delivery of streaming content in a point-to-multipoint (‘PTM’) enabled network (100). A method aspect of such a technique comprises the steps of sending one or more adjustment instructions for achieving a buffer overlap in content buffers (132-136) of a plurality of terminal devices (102-106) each receiving content via a point-to-point (‘PTP’) distribution (116-120), and initiating, following the sending of the adjustment instructions, a PTM distribution (142) for at least some of the plurality of terminal devices.

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