Technique for managing streaming media traffic at a network entity
First Claim
1. A method for managing streaming media traffic at a network entity, the network entity being capable of assuming at least a first radio channel state and a second radio channel state, a transition from the first radio channel state to the second radio channel state requiring a first predetermined time period t1, wherein the method is performed in the network entity and comprises the steps of:
- combining, at the network entity, at least two media segments such that a resulting combined media segment comprises media data equivalent to a second predetermined time period t2, the second time period being greater than the first time period;
transmitting, from the network entity, the combined media segment in the first radio channel state during a third time period t3;
initiating transition, at the network entity, from the first to the second radio channel state; and
waiting, at the network entity after the initiating step, at least for a time period t=t2−
t3−
t1, wherein the second time period is greater than the sum of the first and third time periods.
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Abstract
A method for managing streaming media traffic at a network entity capable of assuming a first and a second radio channel state, a transition from the first to second radio channel state requiring a first predetermined time period t1, comprising combining, at the network entity, at least two media segments such that a resulting combined media segment comprises media data equivalent to a second predetermined time period t2, the second time period being greater than the first time period, transmitting, from the network entity, the combined media segment in the first radio channel state during a third time period t3, initiating transition, at the network entity, from the first to the second radio channel state, and waiting, at the network entity after the initiating step, at least for a time period t=t2−t3−t1, wherein the second time period is greater than the sum of the first and third time periods.
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34 Claims
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1. A method for managing streaming media traffic at a network entity, the network entity being capable of assuming at least a first radio channel state and a second radio channel state, a transition from the first radio channel state to the second radio channel state requiring a first predetermined time period t1, wherein the method is performed in the network entity and comprises the steps of:
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combining, at the network entity, at least two media segments such that a resulting combined media segment comprises media data equivalent to a second predetermined time period t2, the second time period being greater than the first time period; transmitting, from the network entity, the combined media segment in the first radio channel state during a third time period t3; initiating transition, at the network entity, from the first to the second radio channel state; and waiting, at the network entity after the initiating step, at least for a time period t=t2−
t3−
t1, wherein the second time period is greater than the sum of the first and third time periods. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method for managing streaming media traffic between a network entity and a client, the network entity being capable of assuming at least a first radio channel state and a second radio channel state, a transition from the first radio channel state to the second radio channel state requiring a first predetermined time period t1, wherein the method performed in the network entity comprises:
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combining, at the network entity, at least two media segments such that a resulting combined media segment comprises media data equivalent to a second predetermined time period t2, the second time period being greater than the first time period; transmitting, from the network entity, the combined media segment in the first radio channel state during a third time period t3; initiating transition, at the network entity, from the first to the second radio channel state; and waiting, at the network entity after the initiating step, at least for a time period t=t2−
t3−
t1, wherein the second time period is greater than the sum of the first and third time periods,and wherein the method performed in the client comprises; transmitting, from the client to the network entity, a request for a manifest file comprising an inquiry for the at least two media segments; receiving, at the client, both the newly created manifest file and the combined media segment; and transitioning, at the client, from the first radio channel state into the second radio channel state after the reception step. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27)
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28. A device for managing streaming media traffic, the device being capable of assuming at least a first radio channel state and a second radio channel state, a transition from the first radio channel state to the second radio channel state requiring a first predetermined time period t1, wherein the device comprises a processor and a memory, said memory comprising program code portions which, when executed by said processor, cause the device to:
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combine at least two media segments such that a resulting combined media segment comprises media data equivalent to a second predetermined time period t2, the second time period being greater than the first time period; transmit the combined media segment in the first radio channel state during a third time period t3; initiate transition from the first to the second radio channel state; and after the initiating step, at least for a time period t=t2−
t3−
t1, wherein the second time period is greater than the sum of the first and third time periods. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A system for managing streaming media traffic between a network entity capable of assuming at least a first radio channel state and a second radio channel state, a transition from the first radio channel state to the second radio channel state requiring a first predetermined time period t1, and a client, wherein the network entity comprises a processor and a memory, said memory comprising program code portions which, when executed by said processor, cause the network entity to:
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combine at least two media segments such that a resulting combined media segment comprises media data equivalent to a second predetermined time period t2, the second time period being greater than the first time period; transmit the combined media segment in the first radio channel state during a third time period t3; initiate transition from the first to the second radio channel state; and wait after the initiating step, at least for a time period t=t2−
t3−
t1, wherein the second time period is greater than the sum of the first and third time periods; and
wherein the client comprises a processor and a memory, said memory comprising program code portions which, when executed by said processor, cause the client to;transmit to the network entity, a request for a manifest file comprising an inquiry for the at least two media segments; receive both the newly created manifest file and the combined media segment; and transit from the first radio channel state into the second radio channel state after the reception step. - View Dependent Claims (34)
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