SWITCHING BETWEEN UNICAST SERVICE AND MULTICAST-BROADCAST SERVICE
First Claim
1. An apparatus, comprising:
- a processor and a memory communicatively connected to the processor, the processor configured to;
receive, by a content delivery system from a wireless end device, a request for a content item available from the content delivery system;
determine, by the content delivery system, a serving cell identifier of a serving cell with which the wireless end device is associated; and
determine, by the content delivery system based on the serving cell identifier of the serving cell with which the wireless end device is associated, whether the request for the content item is to be served by the serving cell using a unicast service or using a multicast-broadcast service.
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Abstract
The present disclosure generally discloses improvements in computer performance for delivery of content via a wireless communication network. The present disclosure generally discloses improvements in computer performance for delivery of content to wireless end devices via a wireless communication network using unicast services and multicast-broadcast services of the wireless communication network based on a service switching capability configured to support dynamic and opportunistic switching between the unicast services and multicast-broadcast services of the wireless communication network. The service switching capability may be configured to support dynamic and opportunistic switching between use of unicast service and use of multicast-broadcast service for a content item on a serving cell based on a number of wireless end devices on the serving cell that are receiving or requesting the content item.
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32 Claims
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
a processor and a memory communicatively connected to the processor, the processor configured to; receive, by a content delivery system from a wireless end device, a request for a content item available from the content delivery system; determine, by the content delivery system, a serving cell identifier of a serving cell with which the wireless end device is associated; and determine, by the content delivery system based on the serving cell identifier of the serving cell with which the wireless end device is associated, whether the request for the content item is to be served by the serving cell using a unicast service or using a multicast-broadcast service. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An apparatus, comprising:
a processor and a memory communicatively connected to the processor, the processor configured to; receive, at a multicast-broadcast controller from a content delivery system, a request to activate use of a multicast-broadcast service for a content item on a serving cell of a wireless communication network; activate, by the multicast-broadcast controller based on the request, use of the multicast-broadcast service for the content item on the serving cell; and send, from the multicast-broadcast controller toward the content delivery system, a response indicative that use of the multicast-broadcast service for the content item has been activated on the serving cell for the content item. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23)
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24. An apparatus, comprising:
a processor and a memory communicatively connected to the processor, the processor configured to; send, from a wireless end device toward a content delivery system via a serving cell of a wireless communication network, a request for a content item; receive, by the wireless end device from the content delivery system via the serving cell, a response to the request for the content item; and determine, by the wireless end device based on the response to the request for the content item, whether to obtain the content item using a unicast service or a multicast-broadcast service. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. An apparatus, comprising:
a processor and a memory communicatively connected to the processor, the processor configured to; determine, by a wireless end device associated with a serving cell of a wireless communication system and including a content application client, a serving cell identifier of the serving cell; and send, from the wireless end device toward a content delivery system including a content application server, a content application message comprising an indication of the serving cell identifier of the serving cell.
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