Multicast broadcast multimedia service-assisted content distribution

• US 10,320,552 B2
• Filed: 07/22/2016
• Issued: 06/11/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 03/16/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Oyman, Ozgur
• Primary Examiner(s): Bruckart, Benjamin R
• Assistant Examiner(s): Nguyen, Tien M
• Application Number:
  US15/216,993
• Publication Number:
  US 20170019263A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,054 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 11/0073 Acquisition of primary synchronisation channel, e.g. detection of cell-ID within cell-ID group
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Abstract

Embodiments provide methods, systems, and apparatuses for multicast broadcast multimedia service (MBMS)-assisted content distribution in a wireless communication network. A proxy terminal may include an MBMS access client configured to receive and cache an MBMS transmission including media data and metadata. The proxy terminal may further include a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) server module configured to transmit at least a portion of the media data to a user equipment (UE) of the wireless communication network via an HTTP transmission. The media data and metadata may be in a dynamic adaptive streaming over HTTP (DASH) format. The proxy terminal may be included in an evolved Node B (eNB), the UE, or another UE of the wireless communication network.

Claims

1. A user equipment (UE) comprising:

a multimedia broadcast and multicast service (MBMS) access client to;

receive a media presentation description (MPD) including information associated with a plurality of dynamic adaptive streaming over hypertext transfer protocol (DASH) media segments that are available for MBMS transmission; and

receive a first DASH media segment, of the plurality of DASH media segments, via a MBMS broadcast transmission from a broadcast multicast service center (BMSC) via user service discovery (USD) signaling;

a proxy terminal having an HTTP server circuitry to;

modify the MPD to include information associated with a subset or superset of the plurality of DASH media segments received via the MBMS broadcast transmission, wherein the subset or superset corresponds to DASH media segments that are available for hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) transmission to a DASH client of the UE; and

provide the modified MPD to the DASH client; and

the DASH client to;

send a HTTP request to the HTTP server circuitry to request the first DASH media segment; and

receive, in response to the HTTP request, the first DASH media segment from the HTTP server circuitry via a unicast HTTP message, the first DASH media segment to be displayed by the UE.

2. The UE of claim 1, further comprising:

a cache coupled to the MBMS access client to store the received first DASH media segment, wherein the DASH client is to receive the first DASH media segment via the cache.

3. The UE of claim 1, wherein the MBMS access client is further to send a report to the BMSC with delivery verification information or reception statistics.

4. The UE of claim 1, wherein the MBMS access client is to decode an application layer forward error correction (AL-FEC) code associated with the MBMS broadcast transmission.

5. The UE of claim 1, wherein the MBMS access client is further to perform one or more recovery procedures to retrieve incorrectly received portions of the first DASH media segment.

6. The UE of claim 1, wherein the MBMS access client is to receive the MBMS transmission via a file delivery over unidirectional transport (FLUTE) protocol or an internet protocol (IP) multicast protocol.

7. An apparatus to be employed by a user equipment (UE), the apparatus comprising:

means for receiving a media presentation description (MPD) including information associated with a plurality of dynamic adaptive streaming over hypertext transfer protocol (DASH) media segments that are available for multimedia broadcast and multicast service (MBMS) transmission;

means for receiving a first DASH media segment, of the plurality of DASH media segments, via MBMS broadcast transmission from a broadcast multicast service center (BMSC) via user service discovery (USD) signaling;

means for modifying the MPD to include information associated with a subset or superset of the plurality of DASH media segments received via the MBMS broadcast transmission, wherein the subset or superset corresponds to DASH media segments that are available for hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) transmission to a DASH client hosted in the UE;

means for providing the modified MPD to the DASH client;

means for receiving a HTTP request from the DASH client hosted in the UE to request the first DASH media segment; and

means for sending, in response to the HTTP request, the first DASH media segment to the DASH client via unicast HTTP signaling.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, further comprising:

means for activating an MBMS with the BMSC; and

wherein the means for receiving the MPD is to receive the MPD from the BMSC via USD signaling.

9. The apparatus of claim 7, further comprising means for storing the first DASH media segment for later delivery to the DASH client.

10. The apparatus of claim 7, further comprising means for caching the received first DASH media segment prior to sending the first DASH media segment to the DASH client.

11. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media having instructions, stored thereon, that, when executed cause a user equipment (UE) to:

receive a media presentation description (MPD) including information associated with a plurality of dynamic adaptive streaming over hypertext transfer protocol (DASH) media segments that are available for multimedia broadcast and multicast service (MBMS) transmission;

receive a MBMS broadcast transmission including a first DASH media segment of the plurality of DASH media segments, wherein the MBMS broadcast transmission is received from a broadcast multicast service center (BMSC) via user service discovery (USD) signaling;

modify the MPD to include information associated with a subset or superset of the plurality of DASH media segments received via the MBMS broadcast transmission, wherein the subset or superset corresponds to DASH media segments that are available for hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) transmission to a DASH client of the UE;

provide the modified MPD to the DASH client;

receive a HTTP request from the DASH client of the UE to request the first DASH media segment; and

send, in response to the HTTP request, the first DASH media segment to the DASH client via a unicast HTTP message.

12. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 11, wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the UE to store the first DASH media segment prior to sending the first DASH media segment to the DASH client.

13. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 11, wherein the HTTP request includes an identifier that corresponds to the first DASH media segment.