Method and Apparatus for Controlling the Bandwidth of SDV Programming Supplied to an Edge Device in a n SDV System
First Claim
1. A switched digital video (SDV) system, comprising:
- a SDV manager for coordinating SDV sessions requested by subscriber terminals associated with a service group;
an input for received content to be broadcast during the SDV sessions;
at least one edge device for receiving transport streams that include SDV programming provided by the input and for transmitting each transport stream over an access network to at least one of the subscriber terminals on one of a plurality of SDV channels; and
wherein the SDV manager is configured to (i) monitor a bandwidth used by the edge device to provide the SDV programming to the service group and (ii) cause a bit rate of at least one SDV program supplied to the edge device to be adjusted based on monitored bandwidth usage.
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Abstract
A switched digital video (SDV) system is provided that includes an SDV manager for coordinating SDV sessions requested by subscriber terminals associated with a service group. An input is provided for receiving content to be broadcast during the SDV sessions. At least one edge device is provided for receiving transport streams that include SDV programming provided by the input and for transmitting each transport stream over an access network to at least one of the subscriber terminals on one of a plurality of SDV channels. The SDV manager is configured to (i) monitor bandwidth used by the edge device to provide the SDV programming to the service group and (ii) cause a bit rate of at least one SDV program supplied to the edge device to be adjusted based on the monitored bandwidth usage.
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1. A switched digital video (SDV) system, comprising:
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a SDV manager for coordinating SDV sessions requested by subscriber terminals associated with a service group; an input for received content to be broadcast during the SDV sessions; at least one edge device for receiving transport streams that include SDV programming provided by the input and for transmitting each transport stream over an access network to at least one of the subscriber terminals on one of a plurality of SDV channels; and wherein the SDV manager is configured to (i) monitor a bandwidth used by the edge device to provide the SDV programming to the service group and (ii) cause a bit rate of at least one SDV program supplied to the edge device to be adjusted based on monitored bandwidth usage. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. At least one computer-readable medium encoded with instructions which, when executed by a processor, performs a method including:
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monitoring a bandwidth used by an edge device to provide SDV programming to subscriber terminals associated with a service group; and causing a bit rate of at least one SDV program supplied to the edge device to be adjusted based on the monitored bandwidth usage. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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