System, Apparatus for Content Delivery for Internet Traffic and Methods Thereof
First Claim
1. A method of media streaming, the method comprising:
- receiving user profiles from a layer3 node in an access network, the user profiles including information relating to user account and/or network characteristics of a user equipment;
receiving a request to serve media content to the user equipment; and
using an user equipment information from the user profiles, assigning a first media server from a hierarchical set of media servers to serve the user equipment if the media content to be served is cacheable, the hierarchical set of media servers comprising a plurality of first type of media servers deployed in a plurality of layer2 (L2) access networks, the user equipment being coupled to a content delivery network through a layer2 access network of the plurality of layer2 access networks.
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a method of serving media includes receiving user profiles from a layer3 node in an access network, and receiving a request to serve media content to a user equipment. The user profiles include information relating to user account and/or network characteristics of the user equipment. The method further includes using an user equipment information from the user profiles, assigning a first media server from a hierarchical set of media servers to serve the user equipment if the media content to be served is cacheable. The hierarchical set of media servers include a plurality of first type of media servers deployed in a plurality of layer2 (L2) access networks. The user equipment is coupled to a content delivery network through a layer2 access network of the plurality of layer2 access networks.
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23 Claims
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1. A method of media streaming, the method comprising:
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receiving user profiles from a layer3 node in an access network, the user profiles including information relating to user account and/or network characteristics of a user equipment; receiving a request to serve media content to the user equipment; and using an user equipment information from the user profiles, assigning a first media server from a hierarchical set of media servers to serve the user equipment if the media content to be served is cacheable, the hierarchical set of media servers comprising a plurality of first type of media servers deployed in a plurality of layer2 (L2) access networks, the user equipment being coupled to a content delivery network through a layer2 access network of the plurality of layer2 access networks. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of serving media, the method comprising:
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receiving user profiles from a media controller in a content delivery network, the user profiles including information relating to user account and/or network characteristics of a user equipment; receiving a request to serve a cacheable media content to the user equipment, the user equipment being coupled to the content delivery network through a access network; using an user equipment information from the user profiles, determining a quality of experience for the user equipment; and serving the cacheable media content to the user equipment at the quality of experience for the user equipment. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23)
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