METHOD AND END POINT FOR DISTRIBUTING LIVE CONTENT STREAM IN A CONTENT DELIVERY NETWORK
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The method comprises the management and delivery of a requested live stream using a P2P-based architecture, where peers exchanging content with one another are end points of a CDN. The delivery of the requested live stream to one or more end users is performed from one or more of said end points. The requested live stream is split into segments that the serving end points, preferably, obtains from neighbouring end points and/or from the origin server of the live stream using a scheduling algorithm and depending on the availability of segments thereof.
The end point is designed for implementing the method of the invention.
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1-23. -23. (canceled)
- 24. Method for distributing live content stream in a Content Delivery Network, comprising serving by an entity of said Content Delivery Network, or CDN, a requested live stream to at least one end user, wherein the method is characterised in that the management and delivery of said requested live stream is performed using a P2P-based architecture, where peers are only end points or content servers of said CDN exchanging content with one another, and where the delivery of said requested live stream to said at least one end user is performed from at least one of said end points, or content server, so that a direct connection is established between said end points or content server and said at least one end user.
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