CONTROL OF CONTENT DELIVERY IN BROADCAST/MULTICAST NETWORKS

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 buffe...

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Main Authors KAMPMANN, MARKUS, WILLIG, JOHANNES, CATREIN, DANIEL
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 11.01.2012
Subjects
ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
ELECTRICITY
TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION
WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS
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Summary: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.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20080758372